2 Kings 2:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He went out to the spring and threw the salt in. Then he said,“This is what the LORD has said,‘I have purified this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops.”

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  • 2 Kgs 4:41 : 41 He said,“Get some flour.” Then he threw it into the pot and said,“Now pour some out for the men so they may eat.” There was no longer anything harmful in the pot.
  • 2 Kgs 6:6 : 6 The prophet asked,“Where did it drop in?” When he showed him the spot, Elisha cut off a branch, threw it in at that spot, and made the ax head float.
  • Exod 15:25-26 : 25 He cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree. When Moses threw it into the water, the water became safe to drink. There the LORD made for them a binding ordinance, and there he tested them. 26 He said,“If you will diligently obey the LORD your God, and do what is right in his sight, and pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then all the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians I will not bring on you, for I, the LORD, am your healer.”
  • Lev 2:13 : 13 Moreover, you must season every one of your grain offerings with salt; you must not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be missing from your grain offering– on every one of your grain offerings you must present salt.
  • Ps 107:33-38 : 33 He turned streams into a desert, springs of water into arid land, 34 and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants. 35 As for his people, he turned a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into springs of water. 36 He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live. 37 They cultivated fields, and planted vineyards, which yielded a harvest of fruit. 38 He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.
  • Ezek 47:8-9 : 8 He said to me,“These waters go out toward the eastern region and flow down into the rift valley; when they enter the Dead Sea, where the sea is stagnant, the waters become fresh. 9 Every living creature which swarms where the river flows will live; there will be many fish, for these waters flow there. It will become fresh and everything will live where the river flows. 10 Fishermen will stand beside it; from En Gedi to En Eglaim they will spread nets. They will catch many kinds of fish, like the fish of the Great Sea. 11 But its swamps and its marshes will not become fresh; they will remain salty.
  • Matt 5:11 : 11 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.
  • Mark 9:50 : 50 Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other.”
  • John 9:6 : 6 Having said this, he spat on the ground and made some mud with the saliva. He smeared the mud on the blind man’s eyes
  • 1 Cor 1:18-28 : 18 The Message of the Cross For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written,“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent.” 20 Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world by its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased to save those who believe by the foolishness of preaching. 22 For Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks ask for wisdom, 23 but we preach about a crucified Christ, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles. 24 But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. 26 Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position. 27 But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong. 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,
  • Rev 21:4 : 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any more– or mourning, or crying, or pain, for the former things have ceased to exist.”
  • Rev 22:2-3 : 2 flowing down the middle of the city’s main street. On each side of the river is the tree of life producing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month of the year. Its leaves are for the healing of the nations. 3 And there will no longer be any curse, and the throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city. His servants will worship him,

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  • 2 Kgs 2:22
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    22The water has been pure to this very day, just as Elisha prophesied.

  • 2 Kgs 2:18-20
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    18When they came back, Elisha was staying in Jericho. He said to them,“Didn’t I tell you,‘Don’t go’?”

    19Elisha Demonstrates His Authority The men of the city said to Elisha,“Look, the city has a good location, as our master can see. But the water is bad and the land doesn’t produce crops.”

    20Elisha said,“Get me a new jar and put some salt in it.” So they got it.

  • Ezek 47:11
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    11But its swamps and its marshes will not become fresh; they will remain salty.

  • Ezek 47:8
    74%

    8He said to me,“These waters go out toward the eastern region and flow down into the rift valley; when they enter the Dead Sea, where the sea is stagnant, the waters become fresh.

  • 2 Kgs 2:13-14
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    13He picked up Elijah’s cloak, which had fallen off him, and went back and stood on the shore of the Jordan.

    14He took the cloak that had fallen off Elijah, hit the water with it, and said,“Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” When he hit the water, it divided and Elisha crossed over.

  • 2 Kgs 5:9-15
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    9So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood in the doorway of Elisha’s house.

    10Elisha sent out a messenger who told him,“Go and wash seven times in the Jordan; your skin will be restored and you will be healed.”

    11Naaman went away angry. He said,“Look, I thought for sure he would come out, stand there, invoke the name of the LORD his God, wave his hand over the area, and cure the skin disease.

    12The rivers of Damascus, the Abana and Pharpar, are better than any of the waters of Israel! Could I not wash in them and be healed?” So he turned around and went away angry.

    13His servants approached and said to him,“O master, if the prophet had told you to do some difficult task, you would have been willing to do it. It seems you should be happy that he simply said,“Wash and you will be healed.”

    14So he went down and dipped in the Jordan seven times, as the prophet had instructed. His skin became as smooth as a young child’s and he was healed.

    15He and his entire entourage returned to the prophet. Naaman came and stood before him. He said,“For sure I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel! Now, please accept a gift from your servant.”

  • 2 Kgs 8:10
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    10Elisha said to him,“Go and tell him,‘You will surely recover,’ but the LORD has revealed to me that he will surely die.”

  • 1 Kgs 18:35
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    35The water flowed down all sides of the altar and filled the trench.

  • 2 Kgs 4:41
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    41He said,“Get some flour.” Then he threw it into the pot and said,“Now pour some out for the men so they may eat.” There was no longer anything harmful in the pot.

  • 2 Kgs 2:8
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    8Elijah took his cloak, folded it up, and hit the water with it. The water divided, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

  • 1 Kgs 17:17
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    17After this the son of the woman who owned the house got sick. His illness was so severe he could no longer breathe.

  • 2 Kgs 8:14
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    14He left Elisha and went to his master. Ben Hadad asked him,“What did Elisha tell you?” Hazael replied,“He told me you would surely recover.”

  • 1 Kgs 17:2
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    2The LORD’s message came to him:

  • 2 Kgs 2:25
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    25From there he traveled to Mount Carmel and then back to Samaria.

  • 2 Kgs 13:20-21
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    20Elisha died and was buried. Moabite raiding parties invaded the land at the beginning of the year.

    21One day some men were burying a man when they spotted a raiding party. So they threw the dead man into Elisha’s tomb. When the body touched Elisha’s bones, the dead man came to life and stood on his feet.

  • 2 Kgs 3:11
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    11Jehoshaphat asked,“Is there no prophet of the LORD here that we might seek the LORD’s direction?” One of the servants of the king of Israel answered,“Elisha son of Shapat is here; he used to be Elijah’s servant.”

  • 2 Kgs 3:16
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    16and he said,“This is what the LORD has said,‘Make many cisterns in this valley,’

  • 1 Kgs 17:5
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  • 2 Kgs 4:32
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    32When Elisha arrived at the house, there was the child lying dead on his bed.

  • 1 Kgs 13:21-22
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    21So he cried out to the prophet who had come from Judah,“This is what the LORD has said,‘You have rebelled against the LORD’s instruction and have not obeyed the command the LORD your God gave you.

    22You went back. You ate food. And you drank water in the place of which he had said to you,“Eat no food. Drink no water.” Therefore your corpse will not be buried in your ancestral tomb.’”

  • 2 Kgs 5:6
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    6He brought the letter to the king of Israel. It read:“This is a letter of introduction for my servant Naaman, whom I have sent to be cured of his skin disease.”

  • 1 Kgs 17:20-21
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    20Then he called out to the LORD,“O LORD, my God, are you also bringing disaster on this widow I am staying with by killing her son?”

    21He stretched out over the boy three times and called out to the LORD,“O LORD, my God, please let this boy’s breath return to him.”

  • 2 Kgs 6:31
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    31Then he said,“May God judge me severely if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!”

  • Exod 15:25
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    25He cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree. When Moses threw it into the water, the water became safe to drink. There the LORD made for them a binding ordinance, and there he tested them.

  • Num 5:23
    66%

    23“‘Then the priest will write these curses on a scroll and then scrape them off into the bitter water.

  • 2 Kgs 5:3-4
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    3She told her mistress,“If only my master were in the presence of the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his skin disease.”

    4Naaman went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said.

  • 2 Kgs 5:27
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    27Therefore Naaman’s skin disease will afflict you and your descendants forever!” When Gehazi went out from his presence, his skin was as white as snow.

  • 2 Kgs 2:4
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    4Elijah said to him,“Elisha, stay here, for the LORD has sent me to Jericho.” But he replied,“As certainly as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.

  • Ps 107:34
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    34and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.

  • 2 Kgs 3:20
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    20Sure enough, the next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water came flowing down from Edom and filled the land.

  • 2 Kgs 8:1
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    1Elisha Again Helps the Shunammite Woman Now Elisha advised the woman whose son he had brought back to life,“You and your family should go and live somewhere else for a while, for the LORD has decreed that a famine will overtake the land for seven years.”

  • 1 Kgs 17:8
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    8The LORD’s message came to him,

  • 2 Kgs 2:2
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    2Elijah told Elisha,“Stay here, for the LORD has sent me to Bethel.” But Elisha said,“As certainly as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

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    23Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room to the house, and handed him to his mother. Elijah then said,“See, your son is alive!”

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    17Naaman said,“If not, then please give your servant a load of dirt, enough for a pair of mules to carry, for your servant will never again offer a burnt offering or sacrifice to a god other than the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 13:15
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    15Elisha told him,“Take a bow and some arrows,” and he did so.