2 Kings 2:20 - Exposition

And he said, Bring me a new cruse . Impurity must be cleansed by means that are wholly clean and pure. The prophet called for an absolutely new cruse, one that had been put to no use at all, and therefore could not have been defiled. And put salt therein . Salt, which physically would be most unapt to heal an unwholesome stream already holding too much salt in solution, is selected doubtless as emblematic of purity, being that by which corruption is ordinarily prevented or stayed. Under the Law every offering was to be purified by salt (Le 2 Kings 2:13 ). The same symbolism is still employed under the gospel. And they brought it to him.