2 Kings 2:24
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And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
In other translations
And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
Hebrew words
וַיִּפֶןvaiyifenand he turnedH6437אַחֲרָיו'acharavbehind himH310וַיִּרְאֵםvaiyir'emand he saw themH7200וַיְקַלְלֵםvaykalemand he cursed themH7043בְּשֵׁםbeshemin [the] name ofH8034יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וַתֵּצֶאנָהvatetzenahand they came outH3318שְׁתַּיִםshetayimtwoH8147דֻּבִּיםdubim[female] bearsH1677מִן־min-fromH4480הַיַּעַרhaiya'arthe forestH3293וַתְּבַקַּעְנָהvatevaka'nahand they tore in piecesH1234מֵהֶםmehemof themאַרְבָּעִים'arba'imfortyH705וּשְׁנֵיusheneiand twoH8147יְלָדִים׃yeladimboysH3206
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