^{19 Ref} Now the men of the town said to Elisha, You see that the position of this town is good; but the water is bad, causing the young of the cattle to come to birth dead.

^{20 Ref} So he said, Get me a new vessel, and put salt in it; and they took it to him.

^{21 Ref} Then he went out to the spring from which the water came, and put salt in it, and said, The Lord says, Now I have made this water sweet; no longer will it be death-giving or unfertile.