19 Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold now, the site of the city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad and the land [a]is unfruitful.” 20 And he said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt [b]in it.” So they brought it to him. 21 Then he went out to the spring of water and (A)threw salt [c]in it and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘I have [d]purified these waters; there shall not come from there death or [e]unfruitfulness any longer.’” 22 So the waters have been [f]purified to this day, in accordance with the word of Elisha which he spoke.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 2:19 Lit causes miscarriages
  2. 2 Kings 2:20 Lit there
  3. 2 Kings 2:21 Lit there
  4. 2 Kings 2:21 Lit healed
  5. 2 Kings 2:21 Lit anything causing miscarriages
  6. 2 Kings 2:22 Lit healed

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