2 Kings 2:21

Then he went out to the spring from which the people in the town got water. He threw the salt into the spring. Then he said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘I have made this water good/pure. No longer will anyone die, from having drunk this water, and now crops will be able to grow.’” [LIT]

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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 death or barren land.

In Context

20Elisha said to them, “Put some salt in a new bowl and bring the bowl to me.” So they brought it to him.

22And the water became pure, just as Elisha said it would be. Since that time it has always remained pure.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:25So Moses/I prayed earnestly to Yahweh. Then Yahweh showed him/me a tree. So he/I cut off one of the branches and threw it into the water, and the water became good to drink. There at Marah, Yahweh gave them various laws to direct their lives. He also tested them there, to determine if they would obey him,

2 Kings 4:41Elisha said, “Bring me some flour.” They brought him some, and he threw it in the pot and he said, “It is all right now. You can eat it.” And they ate it, and it did not harm them.

Psalms 107:33Sometimes Yahweh causes rivers to become dry, with the result that the land becomes a desert, and springs of water become dry land.

Matthew 5:11God is pleased with you when other people insult you, when other people do evil things to you and when other people say falsely that you are evil because you believe in me.

John 9:6After he said that, he spat on the ground. He made a little bit of mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.

Revelation 21:4As a result, he will cause them to no longer be sad. It will be as though he will [MTY] wipe every tear from their eyes. None of them will ever again die or mourn or cry [DOU] or suffer pain, because the former things that make us sad will have disappeared.”

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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