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2 Kings 2:21

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He went out to the spring of the waters, and threw salt into it, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘I have healed these waters. There shall not be from there any more death or barren wasteland.’ ”

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2 Kings 2:21 in other translations

And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or miscarrying.

2 Kings 2:21 · American Standard Version

2 Kings 2:21 in context

  1. 19The men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, please, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is barren.”
  2. 20He said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.” Then they brought it to him.
  3. 21He went out to the spring of the waters, and threw salt into it, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘I have healed these waters. There shall not be from there any more death or barren wasteland.’ ”
  4. 22So the waters were healed to this day, according to Elisha’s word which he spoke.
  5. 23He went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldy! Go up, you baldy!”