2 Kings 2:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So he said, Get me a new vessel, and put salt in it; and they took it to him.

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  • Judg 9:45 : 45 And all that day Abimelech was fighting against the town; and he took it, and put to death the people who were in it, and had the town pulled down and covered with salt.
  • Ezek 47:11 : 11 The wet places and the pools will not be made sweet; they will be given up to salt.
  • Zeph 2:9 : 9 For this cause, by my life, says the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, truly Moab will become like Sodom and the children of Ammon like Gomorrah, given up to waste plants and salt pools and unpeopled for ever: the rest of my people will take their property, the overflow of my nation will take their heritage.

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  • 2 Kgs 2:21-22
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    21Then he went out to the spring from which the water came, and put salt in it, and said, The Lord says, Now I have made this water sweet; no longer will it be death-giving or unfertile.

    22And the water was made sweet again to this day, as Elisha said.

  • 2 Kgs 2:18-19
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    78%

    18And they came back to him, while he was still at Jericho; and he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?

    19Now the men of the town said to Elisha, You see that the position of this town is good; but the water is bad, causing the young of the cattle to come to birth dead.

  • 2 Kgs 4:40-41
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    40Then they gave the men soup from the pot. And while they were drinking the soup, they gave a cry, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot; and they were not able to take any more food.

    41But he said, Get some meal. And he put it into the pot, and said, Now give it to the people so that they may have food. And there was nothing bad in the pot.

  • 2 Kgs 4:1-3
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    1Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Your servant my husband is dead; and to your knowledge he was a worshipper of the Lord; but now, the creditor has come to take my two children as servants in payment of his debt.

    2Then Elisha said to her, What am I to do for you? say now, what have you in the house? And she said, Your servant has nothing in the house but a pot of oil.

    3Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them.

  • 2 Kgs 2:13-15
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    13Then he took up Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and went back till he came to the edge of Jordan.

    14And he took Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and giving the water a blow with it, said, Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah? and at his blow the waters were parted this way and that; and Elisha went over.

    15And when the sons of the prophets who were facing him at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha. And they came out to him, and went down on the earth before him.

  • 1 Kgs 18:35
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    35And the water went all round the altar, till the drain was full.

  • 2 Kgs 3:11
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    11But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no prophet of the Lord here, through whom we may get directions from the Lord? And one of the king of Israel's men said in answer, Elisha, the son of Shaphat, is here, who was servant to Elijah.

  • 2 Kgs 6:18-21
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    18Now when the Aramaeans came down to Elisha, he made a prayer to the Lord saying, Lord, make this people blind. And he made them blind at Elisha's request.

    19And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, and this is not the town: come after me so that I may take you to the man you are searching for. And he took them to Samaria.

    20And when they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, Lord, let the eyes of these men be open so that they may see. And the Lord made their eyes open, and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.

    21And the king of Israel, when he saw them, said to Elisha, My father, am I to put them to the sword?

  • 1 Kgs 17:10-11
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    10So he got up and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the door of the town, he saw a widow woman getting sticks together; and crying out to her he said, Will you give me a little water in a vessel for my drink?

    11And when she was going to get it, he said to her, And get me with it a small bit of bread.

  • 2 Kgs 4:38
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    38And Elisha went back to Gilgal, now there was very little food in the land; and the sons of the prophets were seated before him. And he said to his servant, Put the great pot on the fire, and make soup for the sons of the prophets.

  • 1 Kgs 17:2
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    2Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

  • Luke 14:34
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    34For salt is good, but if the taste goes from it, of what use is it?

  • Mark 9:50
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    50Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

  • 2 Kgs 13:15
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    15Then Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows: and he took bow and arrows.

  • 2 Kgs 5:6
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    6And he took the letter to the king of Israel, in which the king of Aram had said, See, I have sent my servant Naaman to you to be made well, for he is a leper.

  • 2 Kgs 4:5-6
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    5So she went away, and when the door was shut on her and her sons, they took the vessels to her and she put oil into them.

    6And when all the vessels were full, she said to her son, Get me another vessel. And he said, There are no more. And the flow of oil was stopped.

  • 2 Kgs 5:10
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    10And Elisha sent a servant to him, saying, Go to Jordan, and after washing seven times in its waters your flesh will be well again and you will be clean.

  • 1 Kgs 17:16
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    16The store of meal did not come to an end, and the bottle was never without oil, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah.

  • 2 Kgs 8:14
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    14Then he went away from Elisha and came in to his master, who said to him, What did Elisha say to you? And his answer was, He said that you would certainly get well.

  • 2 Kgs 3:16
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    16And he said, The Lord says, I will make this valley full of water-holes.

  • 2 Kgs 6:2
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    2So let us go to Jordan, and let everyone get to work cutting boards, and we will make a living-place for ourselves there. And he said to them, Go, then.

  • Lev 2:13
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    13And every meal offering is to be salted with salt; your meal offering is not to be without the salt of the agreement of your God: with all your offerings give salt.

  • 2 Kgs 5:13
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    13Then his servants came to him and said, If the prophet had given you orders to do some great thing, would you not have done it? how much more then, when he says to you, Be washed and become clean?

  • 2 Kgs 6:31
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    31Then he said, May God's punishment come on me if Elisha, the son of Shaphat, keeps his head on his body after this day.

  • Ezek 47:11
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    11The wet places and the pools will not be made sweet; they will be given up to salt.

  • 2 Kgs 7:1-2
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    1Then Elisha said, Give ear to the word of the Lord: the Lord says, Tomorrow, about this time, a measure of good meal will be offered for the price of a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the market-place of Samaria.

    2Then the captain whose arm was supporting the king said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.

  • 2 Kgs 6:13
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    13Then he said, Go and see where he is, so that I may send and get him. And news came to him that he was in Dothan.

  • 1 Kgs 17:19-20
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    19And he said to her, Give your son to me. And lifting him out of her arms, he took him up to his room and put him down on his bed.

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  • 2 Kgs 5:15
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    15Then he went back to the man of God, with all his train, and, taking his place before him, said, Now I am certain that there is no God in all the earth, but only in Israel: now then, take an offering from me.

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    8Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

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    4And someone went and said to his lord, This is what the girl from the land of Israel says.

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  • 2 Kgs 5:23
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    23And Naaman said, Be good enough to take two talents. And forcing him to take them, he put two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and gave them to his two servants to take before him.

  • 1 Kgs 17:14
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    14For this is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: The store of meal will not come to an end, and the bottle will never be without oil, till the day when the Lord sends rain on the earth.