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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.(2 Kings 2:17)
And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?(2 Kings 2:18)
And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.(2 Kings 2:19)
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.(2 Kings 2:21)
So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.(2 Kings 2:22)
And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.(2 Kings 2:23)

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2 Kings 2:20 - Cross Reference

Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. (Zephaniah 2:9)
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. (Judges 9:45)
But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt. (Ezekiel 47:11)