And here is a story about Elisha, another great prophet of the Jews.
I quote from the second chapter of the Second Book of Kings.

And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up
by the way, there came forth little children out of the city,
and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up,
thou bald head.

And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the
name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of
the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

After this, Elisha assists King Jehoram and two other kings to waste
and slaughter the Moabites, who had refused to pay tribute. You may
read the horrible story for yourselves in the third chapter of the
Second Book of Kings. There was the usual massacre, but this time
the trees were cut down and the wells choked up.

Later, Elisha cures a man of leprosy, and refuses a reward. But his
servant runs after the man, and gets two talents of silver and some
garments under false pretences. When Elisha hears of this crime,
he strikes the servant with leprosy, _and all his seed for ever_.

Now, it is not necessary for me to harp upon the conduct of these
men of God: what I want to point out is that these cruel and ignorant
savages have been saddled upon the Christian religion as heroes
and as models.

Even to-day the man who called David, or Moses, or Elisha by his