2 Kings 6:1-12
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1 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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2 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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3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
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4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
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5 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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6 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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7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
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8 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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9 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.
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10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
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11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?
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12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.