2 Kings 2:20 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²⁰ And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ He said, Bring me a new bowl and put salt [the symbol of God's purifying power] in it. And they brought it to him.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

Common English Bible

²⁰ He said, “Bring me a new bowl, and put some salt in it.” They did so.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And so he said, "Bring a new vessel to me, and place salt in it." And when they had brought it,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ And he said: Bring me a new vessel, and put salt into it. And when they had brought it,

2 Kings 2:20 Cross References

2 Kings 2:19

And the men of the city said unto Eli´sha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.

2 Kings 2:21

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.

Ezekiel 47:11

But the miry places thereof and the marshes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.

Zephaniah 2:9

Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomor´rah, 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.

Judges 9:45

And Abim´elech 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.