2 Kings 2:19

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 Kings 2:21

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 ³  this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops.” ⁴ 

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¹ tn Heb “my.”

² tn Heb “miscarries” or “is barren.”

³ tn Or “healed.”

⁴ tn Heb “there will no longer be from there death and miscarriage [or, ‘barrenness’].”