2 Kings 2:20

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““Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him,”

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BSBPD

““Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And he saith, `Bring to me a new dish, and place there salt;' and they bring <FI>it<Fi> unto him,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Kings 2:20 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 9:45And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
  2. Ezekiel 47:11But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.
  3. Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”

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