2:19 The men of the city said to Elisha, “Look, the city has a good location, as our 1 master can see. But the water is bad and the land doesn’t produce crops.” 2 2:20 Elisha 3 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 4 this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops.” 5 2:22 The water has been pure to this very day, just as Elisha prophesied. 6
2:23 He went up from there to Bethel. 7 As he was traveling up the road, some young boys 8 came out of the city and made fun of him, saying, “Go on up, baldy! Go on up, baldy!” 2:24 When he turned around and saw them, he called God’s judgment down on them. 9 Two female bears came out of the woods and ripped forty-two of the boys to pieces. 2:25 From there he traveled to Mount Carmel and then back to Samaria. 10