19 Men from Jericho went to Elisha and said: »You may know that this is a fine city but the water is bad and causes miscarriages.«

20 He ordered them: »Put some salt in a new bowl and bring it to me.« They brought it to him,

21 and he went to the spring, threw the salt in the water, and said: »This is what Jehovah says: I make this water pure. It will not cause any more deaths or miscarriages.«

22 That water has been pure ever since, just as Elisha said it would be.