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2 Kings 2:17-19
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2 Kings 2:17-19
Living Bible
17 But they kept urging until he was embarrassed and finally said, “All right, go ahead.” Then fifty men searched for three days, but didn’t find him.
18 Elisha was still at Jericho when they returned. “Didn’t I tell you not to go?” he growled.
19 Now a delegation of the city officials of Jericho visited Elisha. “We have a problem,” they told him. “This city is located in beautiful natural surroundings, as you can see; but the water is bad and causes our women to have miscarriages.”[a]
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- 2 Kings 2:19 causes our women to have miscarriages, implied in v. 21. Literally, “the land is unfruitful.”
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