2 Paralipomenon 2:20

Clementine Latin Vulgate

Dixitque ei : Petitionem unam parvulam ego deprecor a te, ne confundas faciem meam. Et dixit ei rex : Pete, mater mea : neque enim fas est ut avertam faciem tuam.

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
At ille ait: Afferte mihi vas novum, et mittite in illud sal. Quod cum attulissent,

Nova Vulgata (1979)
At ille ait: "Afferte mihi vas novum et mittite in illud sal". Qui cum attulissent,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

salt therein: Judges 9:45, Ezekiel 47:11, Zephaniah 2:9

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 8:4 - all the great 2 Kings 20:7 - Take a lump Colossians 4:6 - seasoned

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said, bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein,.... One that had never been used, that it might not be thought that the virtue was owing to anything that had been, or was, put into it:

and they brought it to him; the pot with the salt in it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The “new cruse” and the “salt” are evidently chosen from a regard to symbolizm. The foul stream represents sin, and to cleanse it emblems of purity must he taken. Hence, the clean “new” dish previously unused, and thus untainted; and the salt, a common Scriptural symbol of incorruption (see Leviticus 2:13; Ezekiel 43:24; Matthew 5:13, etc.).