2 Kings 2:21 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 2:21

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.’”

BSB

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ASV

And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or miscarrying.

KJV

And 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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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The spring of the waters - The spring intended is probably that now called Ain-es-Sultan, which is not much more than a mile from the site of the ancient town. It is described as a large and beautiful fountain of sweet and pleasant water. The springs issuing from the eastern base of the highlands of Judah and Benjamin are to this day generally brackish.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּצֵא֙	vai.ye.Tze'	and he went out	H3318 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
מוֹצָ֣א	mo.Tza'	[the] outlet of	H4161 →
הַמַּ֔יִם	ha.Ma.yim	the waters	H4325 →
וַיַּשְׁלֶךְ־	vai.yash.lekh-	and he threw	H7993 →
שָׁ֖ם	sham	there	H8033 →
מֶ֑לַח	Me.lach	salt	H4417 →
וַיֹּ֜אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
כֹּֽה־	koh-	thus	H3541 →
אָמַ֣ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
רִפִּ֙אתִי֙	ri.Pi.ti	I have healed	H7495 →
לַמַּ֣יִם	la.Ma.yim	<to> the waters	H4325 →
הָאֵ֔לֶּה	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
יִהְיֶ֥ה	yih.Yeh	it will be	H1961 →
מִשָּׁ֛ם	mi.Sham	from there	H8033 →
ע֖וֹד	od	again	H5750 →
מָ֥וֶת	Ma.vet	death	H4194 →
וּמְשַׁכָּֽלֶת׃	u.me.sha.Ka.let	and abortion	H7921 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 21:4
‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
leads to
- Isaiah 25:8
  He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
- Revelation 7:17
  For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
- 1 Corinthians 15:26
  The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
- Isaiah 35:10
  So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
- Isaiah 60:20
  Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
Through
Leviticus 2:13
And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to…
leads to
- Ezekiel 43:24
  You must present them before the LORD; the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the LORD.
- Matthew 5:13
  You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and…
- Colossians 4:6
  Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.