Verse 21
2 Kings 2:21
World English Bible
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He went out to the spring of the waters, and threw salt into it, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘I have healed these waters. There shall not be from there any more death or barren wasteland.’”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּצֵא֙ אֶל מוֹצָ֣א הַ/מַּ֔יִם וַ/יַּשְׁלֶךְ שָׁ֖ם מֶ֑לַח וַ/יֹּ֜אמֶר כֹּֽה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה רִפִּ֨אתִי֙ לַ/מַּ֣יִם הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה לֹֽא יִהְיֶ֥ה מִ/שָּׁ֛ם ע֖וֹד מָ֥וֶת וּ/מְשַׁכָּֽלֶת
English Translation
And he went out to the source of the waters and threw salt there and said, "Thus says the LORD: I have healed these waters; there shall not be from there anymore death and barrenness."
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3
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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16
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17
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18
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19
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20
He said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.” Then they brought it to him.
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21
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22
So the waters were healed to this day, according to Elisha’s word which he spoke.
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23
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