THE FLOATING AXE HEAD
2 Kings 6:1-7
1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the
place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. 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. 3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy
servants. And he answered, I will go. 4 So he went with them. And
when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. 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. 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. 7
Therefore said he, Take [it] up to thee. And he put out his hand,
and took it.
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