 and the ground barren. And he said, Bring me a new bowl and put salt in it. So they brought it to him. Then he went out to the source of the water and cast in salt there and said, Thus says the Lord, I have healed this water, and from it there shall be no more death or barrenness. So the water remains healed to this day according to the word of Elisha, which he spoke. So this is the story of a young man