2 Kings 2:21 meaning and explanation
and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”
2 Kings 2:21, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
The men of Jericho have told Elisha their city sits well but its water is bad, leaving the land unfruitful. Elisha asks for a new bowl of salt, goes to the spring itself, and speaks not in his own name but as the LORD's messenger: "This is what the LORD says." The salt is not a magic ingredient but a visible sign attached to a prophetic word, and the healing is credited entirely to God.
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