"And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought {it} to him." — 2 Kings 2:20

2 Kings 2:20 · KJV

“And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought {it} to him.”

— 2 Kings 2:20

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. {barren: Heb. causing to miscarry}

Verse 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 death or barren {land}.

2 Kings 2 — Context

And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?

And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought {it} to him.

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}.

So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.

Cross References

Judges 9:45

And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that {was} therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

Zephaniah 2:9

Therefore {as} I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, {even} the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

Ezekiel 47:11

But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt. {shall not...: or, and that which shall not be healed}

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