Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 King 2:20

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 King 2:20 - 2:20

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 King 2:20 - 2:20

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2:23 - 2:23

Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein - The noxious qualities of the water could not be corrected by the infusion of salt - for, supposing the salt was possessed of such a property, a whole spring could not be purified by a dishful for a day, much less in all future time. The pouring in of the salt was a symbolic act with which Elisha accompanied the word of the Lord, by which the spring was healed [Keil].