2 Kings 6:1-10 ▼

1 Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Look now, the place where we live near you is too small for us.

2 Please let us go to the Jordan [River] and let each man take from there a beam [for the building]; and let us make a place there for ourselves where we may live.” And he answered, “Go.”

3 Then one said, “Please be willing to go with your servants.” So he answered, “I shall go.”

4 So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down [some of] the trees.

5 But it happened that as one was cutting down a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Oh no, my master! It was borrowed!”

6 The man of God said, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, Elisha cut off a stick and threw it in there, and made the iron [axe head] float.

7 He said, “Pick it up for yourself.” So he reached out with his hand and took it.

8 Now the king of Aram (Syria) was making war against Israel, and he consulted with his servants, saying, “My camp shall be in such and such a place.”

9 The man of God sent word to the king of Israel saying, “Be careful not to pass by this place, because the Arameans are pulling back to there.”

10 Then the king of Israel sent word to the place about which Elisha had warned him; so he guarded himself there repeatedly.