Cross references

2 Kings 2:24

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.

2 Kings 2:24 BSB

2 Kings 2:24 has 25 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 21 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Acts 13:9–11 (6 votes) and Hosea 13:8 (5 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 18 other books, from Genesis 9 to Revelation 13.

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Which verses does 2 Kings 2:24 point to?

The 20 strongest of 25, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord? …

  2. Hosea 13:85 votes

    Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.

  3. Amos 7:175 votes

    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”

  4. Acts 5:55 votes

    On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.

  5. Acts 5:95 votes

    “How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”

  6. he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

  7. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

  8. If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country. …

  9. And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.

  10. He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.

  11. Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.

  12. Mark 11:144 votes
  13. Mark 11:214 votes

Which verses point to 2 Kings 2:24?

The 10 strongest of 18.