Elisha is walking to Bethel when a group of boys shout:
“Go up, baldy!”
It’s childish, rude, and shockingly disrespectful.
The story takes a dramatic turn afterward, but the insult itself is pure ancient‑world playground energy.
It’s a reminder that prophets weren’t floating above human experience — they dealt with mockery, immaturity, and disrespect just like anyone else.
These stories remind us that Scripture isn’t a book of perfect people — it’s a book of real people. People who panic, laugh, argue, fall asleep, get overwhelmed, and say the wrong thing at the wrong time.
And yet, God works through all of it.
Holiness doesn’t erase humanity.
Holiness transforms it.
