20. Elisha said, “Bring me a new bowl and put salt in it.” They brought the bowl to Elisha.
21. Then he went out to the place where the water began flowing from the ground. Elisha threw the salt into the water and said, “The Lord said, ‘I am making this water pure! From now on this water will not cause any more death or keep the land from growing crops.’”
22. The water became pure and is still good today. It happened just as Elisha had said.
23. Elisha went from that city to Bethel. He was walking up the hill to the city, and some boys were coming down out of the city. They began making fun of him. They said, “Go away, you bald-headed man! Go away, you bald-headed man!”
24. Elisha looked back and saw them. He asked the Lord to cause bad things to happen to them. Then two bears came out of the forest and attacked the boys. There were 42 boys ripped apart by the bears.
25. Elisha left Bethel and went to Mount Carmel and from there he went back to Samaria.