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The men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, please, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is barren.”

2 Kings 2:19 · WEB

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ગુજરાતી2 રાજાઓ ૨:૧૯
તે નગરના માણસોએ એલિશાને કહ્યું, “કૃપા કરીને જો, જેમ મારા માલિક જુએ છે કે આ શહેર કેવું રમણીય છે, પણ અહીંનું પાણી સારું નથી અને દેશ ફળદ્રુપ નથી.”
हिन्दी2 राजाओं २:१९
उस नगर के निवासियों ने एलीशा से कहा, “देख, यह नगर मनभावने स्थान पर बसा है, जैसा मेरा प्रभु देखता है परन्तु पानी बुरा है; और भूमि गर्भ गिरानेवाली है।”

In context

17When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, “Send them.” Therefore they sent fifty men; and they searched for three days, but didn’t find him.

18They came back to him while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go’?”

19The men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, please, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is barren.”

20He said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.” Then they brought it to him.

21He went out to the spring of the waters, and threw salt into it, and said, “The LORD says, ‘I have healed these waters. There shall not be from there any more death or barren wasteland.’”

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