KJV King James Version
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought [it] to him.
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2 Kings 2:20
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought [it] to him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him,
WEB World English Bible
He said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.” They brought it to him.
ASV American Standard Version
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he saith, ‘Bring to me a new dish, and place there salt;’ and they bring it unto him,
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 2
17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
19 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.
20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought [it] to him.
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].
22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.
23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
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Judges 9:45And 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 2:9Therefore [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 47:11But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.
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