2 Kings 2:20

20 "Bring me a new jug," he said, "and put salt in it." They brought it to him.

2 Kings 2:20 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 2:20

And he said, bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein
One that had never been used, that it might not be thought that the virtue was owing to anything that had been, or was, put into it:

and they brought it to him;
the pot with the salt in it.

2 Kings 2:20 In-Context

18 On returning to him where he was waiting in Yericho, he said to them, "I told you not to go, didn't I?"

19 The men of the city said to Elisha, "My lord can see that this is a pleasant city to live in; but the water is bad, so that the ground is causing miscarriages."

20 "Bring me a new jug," he said, "and put salt in it." They brought it to him.

21 He went out to the source of the water, threw salt into it and said, "This is what ADONAI says: 'I have healed this water; it will no longer cause death or miscarrying.'"

22 The water was healed and has remained healed to this day, in keeping with Elisha's spoken word.