2 Kings 2:19
Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”
And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
Note barren: Heb. causing to miscarry
The men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, please, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is barren.”
And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, we pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is bad, and the land miscarrieth.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- my Lord seeth
- Numbers 12:11; 1 Kings 18:7, 13; 1 Timothy 5:17
- the water
- Exodus 7:19; Exodus 15:23; Joshua 6:17, 26; 1 Kings 16:34
- barren
- Heb. causing to miscarry.
- Exodus 23:26; Deuteronomy 28:2–4, 11, 15–18; Hosea 9:14