¹⁹The men of Jericho spoke to Elisha. “Look,” they said. “This town has a good location. You can see that for yourself. But the spring of water here is bad. So the land doesn’t produce anything.”

²⁰“Bring me a new bowl,” Elisha said. “Put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him.

²¹Then he went out to the spring. He threw the salt into it. He told them, “The Lord says, ‘I have made this water pure. It will never cause death again. It will never keep the land from producing crops again.’ ” ²²The water has stayed pure to this very day. That’s what Elisha had said would happen.

Some Young Fellows Make Fun of Elisha

²³Elisha left Jericho and went up to Bethel. He was walking along the road. Some young fellows came out of the town. They made fun of him. “Go on up! You don’t even have any hair on your head!” they said. “Go on up! You don’t even have any hair on your head!”

²⁴He turned around and looked at them. And he called down a curse on them. He did it in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods. They attacked 42 of the young fellows.

²⁵Elisha went on to Mount Carmel. From there he returned to Samaria.

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