1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha,See, we pray thee, the place wherein we sit before thee, is too strait for us.

2 Let us go, we pray thee, as far as the Jordan, and fetch from thence every man a single beam, and let us make us a place wherein we may sit. And he saidGo ye.

3 Then said oneBe content, we pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he saidI myself, will go.

4 So he went with them,and, when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.

5 And it came to pass, as one was felling a branch, that, the axe-head, fell into the water, so he made outcry and saidAlas! my lord, for, it, was borrowed!

6 And the man of God saidWhere fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a piece of wood and cast it in thither, and the iron did swim.

7 And he saidTake it up to thee. So he put forth his hand, and took it.