Contradiction with Exodus 15:23-25
This verse describes how Moses made the bitter waters of Marah sweet by casting a tree into the water, suggesting God had already provided the knowledge or means to purify water, contrasting with the separate divine intervention needed by Elisha in 2 Kings 2:19.
Exodus 15:23-25: And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they [were] bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. [Marah: that is Bitterness]
Contradiction with Jeremiah 2:13
This verse speaks of God as the "fountain of living waters" and warns against seeking solutions apart from Him, implying that turning to a prophet or other intermediary for water purification might be unnecessary or improper.
Jeremiah 2:13: For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, [and] hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Contradiction with John 4:14
Here, Jesus speaks of the water He gives as becoming a "well of water springing up into everlasting life," suggesting an internal, spiritual solution compared to the external, physical solution provided by Elisha.
John 4:14: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
Contradiction with Revelation 22:1-2
These verses describe a river of water of life from God and the tree of life healing nations, contrasting with needing a prophet to miraculously make water drinkable as in 2 Kings 2:19.
Revelation 22:1-2: And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.