2 Kings 2:19
And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray you, the situation of this city pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water naught, and the ground barren.
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17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray you, the situation of this city pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water naught, and the ground barren.
20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought to him.
21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus says the Yahuah, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren .