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20 Elisha[a] said, “Get me a new jar and put some salt in it.” So they got it. 21 He went out to the spring and threw the salt in. Then he said, “This is what the Lord has said, ‘I have purified[b] this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops.’”[c] 22 The water has been pure to this very day, just as Elisha prophesied.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 2:20 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 2 Kings 2:21 tn Or “healed.”
  3. 2 Kings 2:21 tn Heb “there will no longer be from there death and miscarriage [or, ‘barrenness’].”
  4. 2 Kings 2:22 tn Heb “according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.”

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

21 Then he went out to the spring and threw(A) the salt into it, saying, “This is what the Lord says: ‘I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.’” 22 And the water has remained pure(B) to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken.

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