1 The company of the prophets said to Elisha, "Look, the place where we meet with you is too small for us. |
2 Let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a pole; and let us build a place there for us to live."
And he said, "Go." |
3 Then one of them said, "Won't you please come with your servants?"
"I will," Elisha replied. |
4 And he went with them.
They went to the Jordan and began to cut down trees. |
5 As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. "Oh, my lord," he cried out, "it was borrowed!" |
6 The man of God asked, "Where did it fall?" When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it there, and made the iron float. |
7 "Lift it out," he said. Then the man reached out his hand and took it. |
8 Now the king of Aram was at war with Israel. After conferring with his officers, he said, "I will set up my camp in such and such a place." |
