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And when they saw him, the sons of the prophets across in Jericho, then they said, The spirit of Elijah has rested on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed to the earth to him.

And they said to him, Behold, now, there are with your servants fifty men, mighty sons. Please let them go, and they shall seek your lord, lest the Spirit of Jehovah has taken him up and hascast him on one of the mountains, or intoone of the valleys. And he said, You shall not send.

And they pressed on him until he was ashamed. And he said, Send. And they sent fifty men, and they sought three days and did not find him.

And they returned to him, and he was staying in Jericho. And he said to them, Did I not say to you, Do not go?

And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, now, the site of the city is good, as my lord sees, but the waters are bad; and the ground causes barrenness.

And he said, Bring a new dish to me, and put salt there. And they took it to him.

And he went out to the source of the waters and threw salt there, and said, So says Jehovah, I have given healing to these waters; there shall not be death and sterility there any more.

And the waters were healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha that he spoke.