2 Kings 2:20

And so he said, “Bring a new vessel to me, and place salt in it.” And when they had brought it,

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In The King James Version

And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they bring it to him.

In Context

19Also, the men of the city said to Elisha: “Behold, this city is a very good habitation, as you yourself perceive, O lord. But the waters are very bad, and the ground is barren.”

21he went out to the source of the waters, and he cast the salt into it. And he said: “Thus says the Lord: I have healed these waters, and no longer shall there be death or barrenness in them.”

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Cross References

Ezekiel 47:11But on its shore and in the marshes, they will not be healed. For these will be made into salt pits.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 2:20-25

The Waters of Jericho Healed; the Death of the Mocking Children. ( b. c. 895.) 19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren. 20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. 21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord , I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more… Read the whole commentary →

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