Elisha and the Bearers and the Young Boys Who Mock Him

Elisha knows that Elijah's days or hours are numbered. Who were the sons of the prophets? We're not really told. The same thing is going to be said verbatim in verse five, which leads me to suspect that part of what's going to happen here at the end of this chapter could be because he's lost his head covering. So we'll talk more about that episode when we get into the chapter.