2 Kings 2:20

And he said: Bring me a new vessel, and put salt into it. And when they had brought it,

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

19And the men of the city said to Eliseus: Behold the situation of this city is very good, as thou, my lord, seest: but the waters are very bad, and the ground barren.

21He went out to the spring of the waters, and cast the salt into it, and said: Thus saith the Lord: I have healed these waters, and there shall be no more in them death or barrenness.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 47:11But on the shore thereof, and in the fenny places they shall not be healed, because they shall be turned into saltpits.

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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