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The company of the prophets said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we meet with you is too small for us. |
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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.” |
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Then one of them said, “Won’t you please come with your servants?” “I will,” Elisha replied. |
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And he went with them. They went to the Jordan and began to cut down trees. |
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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!” |
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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. |
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“Lift it out,” he said. Then the man reached out his hand and took it. |
