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2 Kings 2:20

18 When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”

19 Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”

“Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him,

21 and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”

22 And the waters there have been healthy to this day, according to the word spoken by Elisha.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him,
KJV
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
WEB
He said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.” Then they brought it to him.
ASV
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
DARBY
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt in it. And they brought it to him.
BLB
And he said, “Bring me a new bowl and put in it salt.” And they brought [it] to him.
ÅB
Da sa han: Hent meg en ny skål og legg salt i den! Så gjorde de det.
OTB
Elisja instruerte, «Hent meg en ny skål og legg salt i den.» Så de brakte den til ham.
B1930
Da sa han: Hent mig en ny skål og legg salt i den! Så gjorde de det.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Zephaniah 2:9

    Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”

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  • Judges 9:45

    And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.

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  • Ezekiel 47:11

    But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.

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