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That first bit is part of the Apocrypha. It’s not in the official bible.

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It’s from Second Kings 2:23-25, which is part of the Torah and the official 66 books of the bible. Though some (most) translations say that the curse is in the name of the lord/god.

From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!” He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys. And he went on to Mount Carmel and from there returned to Samaria.

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Thanks for the specifics.

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some boys

two bears

mauled forty-two of them

Just how many boys in totality are we talking about here? And did the bears have to stop and take a break?

And he went on to Mount Carmel and…

"And then he went about his day, completely disregarding the two exhausted bears and the 42 mauled boys that were part of a sizable mob that he casually called a curse down upon’

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