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18 Elisha was still at Jericho when they returned. “Didn’t I tell you not to go?” he growled.

19 Now a delegation of the city officials of Jericho visited Elisha. “We have a problem,” they told him. “This city is located in beautiful natural surroundings, as you can see; but the water is bad and causes our women to have miscarriages.”[a]

20 “Well,” he said, “bring me a new bowl filled with salt.” So they brought it to him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 2:19 causes our women to have miscarriages, implied in v. 21. Literally, “the land is unfruitful.”

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