2 Raja-raja 2:4-5

2:4 Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” ¹  But he replied, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho. 2:5 Some members of the prophetic guild in Jericho approached Elisha and said, “Do you know that today the Lord is going to take your master from you?” He answered, “Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

2 Raja-raja 2:18-22

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

Elisha Demonstrates His Authority

2:19 The men of the city said to Elisha, “Look, the city has a good location, as our ³  master can see. But the water is bad and the land doesn’t produce crops.” ⁴  2:20 Elisha ⁵  said, “Get me a new jar and put some salt in it.” So they got it. 2:21 He went out to the spring and threw the salt in. Then he said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘I have purified ⁶  this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops.” ⁷  2:22 The water has been pure to this very day, just as Elisha prophesied. ⁸ 

[2:4]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[2:18]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:19]  ³ tn Heb “my.”

[2:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “miscarries” or “is barren.”

[2:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:21]  ⁶ tn Or “healed.”

[2:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “there will no longer be from there death and miscarriage [or, ‘barrenness’].”

[2:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.”