2 Kings 2:19-22

Elisha Demonstrates His Authority

2:19 The men of the city said to Elisha, “Look, the city has a good location, as our ¹  master can see. But the water is bad and the land doesn’t produce crops.” ²  2:20 Elisha ³  said, “Get me a new jar and put some salt in it.” So they got it. 2:21 He went out to the spring and threw the salt in. Then he said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘I have purified ⁴  this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops.” ⁵  2:22 The water has been pure to this very day, just as Elisha prophesied. ⁶ 

[2:19]  ¹ tn Heb “my.”

[2:19]  ² tn Heb “miscarries” or “is barren.”

[2:20]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:21]  ⁴ tn Or “healed.”

[2:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “there will no longer be from there death and miscarriage [or, ‘barrenness’].”

[2:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.”