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 1 this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops.” 2
2 Kings 17:24
The King of Assyria Populates Israel with Foreigners
17:24 The king of Assyria brought foreigners 3 from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the cities of Samaria 4 in place of the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.
2 Kings 18:21
18:21 Now look, you must be trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed staff. If a man leans for support on it, it punctures his hand and wounds him. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt does to all who trust in him.
1 tn Or “healed.”
2 tn Heb “there will no longer be from there death and miscarriage [or, ‘barrenness’].”
3 tn The object is supplied in the translation.
4 sn In vv. 24-29 Samaria stands for the entire northern kingdom of Israel.