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2 Kings 2:19 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 2 · verse 19
And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.2 Kings 2:19 · King James Version
2 Kings 2:19 in context
17And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
18And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
19And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
20And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
21And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
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Key words (Strong's)
- situationmôwshâba seatH4186 →
- pleasantṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
- ElishaʼĔlîyshâʻElisha, the famous prophetH477 →
- naughtraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- groundʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- seethrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
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Elisha had, in this respect, a double portion of Elijah's spirit, that he wrought more miracles than Elijah. Some reckon them in number just double. Two are recorded in these verses - a miracle of mercy to Jericho and a miracle of judgment to Bethel, Psa 101:1. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-25