The men of the city said to Elisha, “Sir, you can see this city is in a nice place. But the water is bad. That is why the land cannot grow crops.”
2 Kings 2:20 - Easy To Read Version Elisha said, “Bring me a new bowl and put salt in it.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. Common English Bible He said, “Bring me a new bowl, and put some salt in it.” They did so. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 And he said: Bring me a new vessel, and put salt into it. And when they had brought it, |
The men of the city said to Elisha, “Sir, you can see this city is in a nice place. But the water is bad. That is why the land cannot grow crops.”
Then Elisha went out to the place where the water began flowing {from the ground}. Elisha threw the salt into the water. He said, “The Lord said, ‘I am making this water pure! From now on this water will not cause any more death or keep the land from growing crops.’”
But the swamps and small areas of wet land will not become fresh. They will be left for salt.
So, as sure as I am alive, Moab and the people of Ammon will be destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah. {\cf2\super [17]} I am the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel. And I promise those countries will be completely destroyed forever. Their land will be overgrown with weeds. Their land will be like the land covered with salt by the Dead Sea. The survivors of my people will take that land and all the things left in it.”
Abimelech and his men fought against the city of Shechem all that day. Abimelech and his men captured the city of Shechem and killed the people of that city. Then Abimelech tore down the city and threw salt over the ruins.