{"ref": "Steinsaltz on II Kings 2:19-25", "heRef": "ביאור שטיינזלץ על מלכים ב ב׳:י״ט-כ״ה", "isComplex": false, "text": ["<b>The people of the city </b>of Jericho <b>said to Elisha: Please behold, living in this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; </b>it is comfortable to live here, as it is not too hot and the soil is fertile, <b>but the water is bad </b>and undrinkable,<b> and the land causes bereavement, </b>as<b> </b>its water causes people to die.<b>  </b>", "<b>He said: Bring me a new bottle and put salt there. They brought it to him.  </b>", "<b>He went to the water source, and he cast salt there, and said: So said the Lord: I have cured this water; there will not be death and bereavement from there any longer. </b>The fact that by nature the salt should have worsened the quality of the water served to emphasize the miracle.<b>  </b>", "<b>The water was cured, </b>and the waters of Jericho remain pure<b> to this day, in accordance with the word of Elisha that he spoke. </b>", "<b>He went up from there to </b>the direction of <b>Beit El. He was going up on the way, and small lads, </b>or adults who behaved like children by seeking to provoke Elisha or take revenge against him,<b> emerged from the city, and </b>they <b>mocked him; they said to him: Go up, bald one, go up, bald one. </b>It is unknown whether Elisha was indeed bald. Apparently, these children wished to accentuate the difference between him and his master. Elijah was known as a hairy man (1:8), whereas Elisha had sparse hair or none at all.<b>  </b>", "The lads pursued Elisha, continuing to mock him. <b>He turned behind him and saw them; </b>the prophet understood their true nature, <b>and he, </b>Elisha,<b> cursed them in the name of the Lord, </b>stating that calamity should befall them.<b> Two bears</b><b> emerged from the forest, </b>who had perhaps lost their cubs, <b>and </b>they <b>mauled forty-two children from them.  </b>", "<b>He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria. </b>"], "he": ["<b>וַיֹּאמְרוּ אַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר</b> יריחו <b>אֶל־אֱלִישָׁע: הִנֵּה־נָא מוֹשַׁב הָעִיר טוֹב,</b> נוח לשבת כאן, לא חם מדי, והאדמה פורייה, <b>כַּאֲשֶׁר אֲדֹנִי רֹאֶה, וְ</b>אולם <b>הַמַּיִם רָעִים,</b> אינם ראויים לשתיית בני אדם, <b>וְהָאָרֶץ מְשַׁכָּלֶת,</b> גורמת למותם של ילדים ואנשים בגלל מימיה.", "<b>וַיֹּאמֶר: קְחוּ־לִי צְלֹחִית</b>, בקבוק, צנצנת <b>חֲדָשָׁה וְשִׂימוּ שָׁם מֶלַח. וַיִּקְחוּ</b>, הביאו את הצלוחית <b>אֵלָיו.</b>", "<b>וַיֵּצֵא אֶל־מוֹצָא הַמַּיִם,</b> המעיין, <b>וַיַּשְׁלֶךְ־שָׁם מֶלַח,</b> אף על פי שהמלח אמור היה לפגוע עוד באיכות המים. בכך הנס היה מודגש יותר. <b>וַיֹּאמֶר: כֹּה־אָמַר ה': רִפִּאתִי</b>, המתקתי <b>לַמַּיִם הָאֵלֶּה. לֹא־יִהְיֶה מִשָּׁם</b>, מהם <b>עוֹד מָוֶת וּמְשַׁכָּלֶת.</b>", "<b>וַיֵּרָפוּ</b>, נרפאו, הומתקו <b>הַמַּיִם</b>, ומימי יריחו נשארו מתוקים <b>עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה, כִּדְבַר אֱלִישָׁע אֲשֶׁר דִּבֵּר.</b>", "<b>וַיַּעַל מִשָּׁם</b> לכיוון <b>בֵּית־אֵל, וְ</b>כאשר <b>הוּא עֹלֶה בַדֶּרֶךְ</b> – <b>וּנְעָרִים קְטַנִּים</b> או אנשים מבוגרים שהתנהגו כנערים כדי להתגרות באלישע או להתנקם בו, <b>יָצְאוּ מִן־הָעִיר, וַיִּתְקַלְּסוּ־בוֹ,</b> לעגו לו. <b>וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ: עֲלֵה קֵרֵחַ, עֲלֵה קֵרֵחַ.</b> לא ידוע אם אלישע אכן היה קירח. נראה שהנערים רצו להדגיש את ההבדל בינו לבין אליהו. אליהו היה ידוע כאיש בעל שיער, עֲלֵה קֵרֵחַ. ולאלישע אולי לא היה שיער כלל או שהיה לו שיער קלוש.", "הנערים רצו אחריו וצעקו. <b>וַיִּפֶן אַחֲרָיו וַיִּרְאֵם</b>, עמד על טיבם <b>וַיְקַלְלֵם בְּשֵׁם ה'</b> שיקרה להם אסון. <b>וַתֵּצֶאנָה שְׁתַּיִם דֻּבִּים</b>, שתי דובות שאולי איבדו את גוריהן <b>מִן־הַיַּעַר, וַתְּבַקַּעְנָה מֵהֶם אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁנֵי יְלָדִים.</b>", "<b>וַיֵּלֶךְ מִשָּׁם אֶל־הַר הַכַּרְמֶל, וּמִשָּׁם שָׁב שֹׁמְרוֹן.</b>"], "versions": [{"status": "locked", "priority": "", "license": "Copyright: Steinsaltz Center", "versionNotes": "", "formatAsPoetry": "", "digitizedBySefaria": "", "method": "", "heversionSource": "", "versionUrl": "", "versionTitleInHebrew": "", "versionNotesInHebrew": "", "shortVersionTitle": "", "shortVersionTitleInHebrew": "", "extendedNotes": "", "extendedNotesHebrew": "", "purchaseInformationImage": "https://korenpub.co.il/cdn/shop/products/hatanakh_hamevoar_all_new_web_1_500x.jpg?v=1591769413", "purchaseInformationURL": "https://korenpub.co.il/collections/tanakh-hamevoar/products/the-koren-steinsaltz-tanakh-hamevoar-sethardcoverlarge", "hasManuallyWrappedRefs": "", "language": "he", "title": "Steinsaltz on II Kings", "versionSource": "https://korenpub.com/collections/tanakh/products/the-koren-steinsaltz-tanakh-hamevoar-sethardcoverlarge", "versionTitle": "The Koren Steinsaltz Tanakh HaMevoar - 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