I believe the old prophet acted out of self-defense. Those children were probably a teenage gang of hoods and they were going to kill the prophet.
Well, let's take a look.
2 Kings 2:23, 24
23 And he proceeded to go up from there to Beth´el. As he was going up on the way, there were small boys that came out from the city and began to jeer him and that kept saying to him: “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
You just completely made up your statement. They were "probably" teenage gang members? Did you even read the quote? They're small boys.
And are they threatening to kill him?
24 Finally he turned behind him and saw them and called down evil upon them in the name of Jehovah.
He heard them, looked behind him, and saw them. Hardly a threatening situation. They were behind him. He heard them, which caused him to turn around. They weren't exactly beating him. They were just jeering.
Dont feel sorry for them. In fact, it was the bear that killed them, not the prophet. If you are blaming the prophet for telling a bear to do that, then you are saying the prophet had the power of God to command the bear to do so.
I said no such thing. I quoted the scripture. He called evil upon them in the name of Jehovah. Jehovah obliged. Either that, or Elisha had the power of Jehovah. Which one is it? Elisha called upon Jehovah to bring evil upon the children, and evil came, from Jehovah. So, in other words, Jehovah committed an evil act.
Then two she-bears came out from the woods and went tearing to pieces forty-two children of their number.
Elisha was walking along, heard small boys jeering him, called on Jehovah to bring evil upon the children, and two she-bears came out of the woods and mauled the 42 "small boys" to death. It's that simple.
Is this the Kingdom paradise that Jehovah is setting an example of? No thanks, I'd rather be cut off.