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2 Kings 2:20

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And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
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  1. Judges 9:45Rank 1 from verse 20
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    45And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

  2. Zephaniah 2:9Rank 2 from verse 20
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    9Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

  3. Ezekiel 47:11Rank 3 from verse 20
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    11But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.

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2 Kings 2:20

COMBINED MEANING

new

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Recently made, begun, known, or received; fresh, different, or not old.

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put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

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therein

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In, within, during, or concerning that place, person, thing, condition, time, or matter previously mentioned.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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19¶ 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.

20And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

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21And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.

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