John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 2:22
So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. In the name of the Lord; and not only they remained so unto the time of the writer of this history, but to the times of Josephus, as he testifies F19 De Bello Jud. l. 4. c. 8. sect. 3. , and even to ours; for there is a spring now called Elisha's spring or fountain, of which Mr. Maundrell says F20 Journey from Aleppo, &c.; p. 80. ,"its waters are at present received in a basin about... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 2:21
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters ,.... The fountain from whence they flowed, the head of them: and cast the salt in there ; which was an unlikely means of making bad water good, since that makes it brackish, and not so drinkable, and what makes ground barren; but this method, contrary to nature, was taken, that the miracle might appear the greater; or, as the Jews express it, be a miracle within a miracle: and said, thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters ; he... read more