God Uses Animals to Inflict Punishment or Discipline

Elisha curses him in the name of the Lord and then the bears come out. This would be consistent with what God does in a number of occasions where he uses animals to inflict those who have rebelled against him. So if you look at this in the bigger context, I think it fits with exactly what happens with with with the earlier conquest of the land. And that takes us to the end of chapter two and we'll shift gears back to hear more about the kings here in chapter three.