2 Kings 6:1-10 ▼

1 And sons of the prophet say to Elisha, “Now behold, the place where we are dwelling before you is too narrow for us;

2 please let us go to the Jordan, and we each take one beam from there, and we make a place there for ourselves to dwell there”; and he says, “Go.”

3 And the one says, “Please be willing, and go with your servants”; and he says, “I go.”

4 And he goes with them, and they come to the Jordan, and cut down the trees,

5 and it comes to pass, the one is felling the beam, and the iron [ax head] has fallen into the water, and he cries and says, “Aah! My lord, for it was borrowed!”

6 And the man of God says, “To where has it fallen?” And he shows him the place, and he cuts a stick, and casts [it] there, and causes the iron to swim,

7 and says, “Raise [it] up for yourself”; and he puts forth his hand and takes it.

8 And the king of Aram has been fighting against Israel, and takes counsel with his servants, saying, “At such and such a place [is] my encamping.”

9 And the man of God sends to the king of Israel, saying, “Take heed of passing by this place, for the Arameans are coming down there”;

10 and the king of Israel sends to the place of which the man of God spoke to him, and warned him, and he is preserved there not [just] once and not [just] twice.