¹⁸ and they turn back unto him -- and he is abiding in Jericho -- and he saith unto them, `Did I not say unto you, Do not go?'

^{19 Ref} And the men of the city say unto Elisha, `Lo, we pray thee, the site of the city `is' good, as my lord seeth, and the waters `are' bad, and the earth sterile.'

^{20 Ref} And he saith, `Bring to me a new dish, and place there salt;' and they bring `it' unto him,

^{21 Ref} and he goeth out unto the source of the waters, and casteth there salt, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah, I have given healing to these waters; there is not thence any more death and sterility.'

²² And the waters are healed unto this day, according to the word of Elisha, that he spake.