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2 Kings 2:21-23
International Standard Version
2 Kings 2:21-23
International Standard Version
21 Elisha went out to the springs, threw the salt into them, and declared, “This is what the Lord says: ‘I have purified these waters. Neither death nor barrenness is to flow from them anymore.’” 22 As a result, the water springs[a] remain pure to this day, just as[b] Elisha had declared.
Elisha Rebukes Some Mockers
23 Later, Elisha[c] left there to go up to Bethel, and as he was traveling along the road, some insignificant[d] young men came from the city and started mocking him. They told him, “Get on up,[e] baldy! Get on up, baldy!”
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- 2 Kings 2:22 Lit. the waters
- 2 Kings 2:22 Lit. as the word of
- 2 Kings 2:23 Lit. he
- 2 Kings 2:23 Or small; i.e. in significance, not stature or age; the individuals were adults
- 2 Kings 2:23 The taunt may be an allusion to Elijah’s experience described in v. 11.
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