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Read Full Chapter (2 Kings 6) 2 Kings 6:2-6 KJV
"Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim."
2 Kings 6:2-6 in Context (Verses 1–9 KJV)
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And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
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Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.
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And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
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So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
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But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.*
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And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
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Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
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¶ Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.*
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And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.