Verse 19
19. The men of the city Prominent citizens of the place. Perhaps, as Bahr says, they were the elders of the city who thus applied to Elisha, and their action shows that he had their confidence. As he had now attained the highest eminence in the prophetic office, they, possibly, expected that he might be able to rid their city of its plague.
Situation of this city is pleasant Travellers all agree in representing the site of Jericho as exceedingly beautiful.
The water is naught Bad, harmful.
The ground barren Better, The land suffers from abortions, or causes untimely births. הארצ , the land, refers here to the inhabitants, rather than the soil, and 2 Kings 2:21 shows that the bad waters caused the land to suffer from abortions.
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