2 Reis 6

1 Forsooth the sons of prophets said to Elisha, Lo! the place in which we dwell before thee, is strait to us;

2 go we therefore to Jordan, and each man take a portion of wood for himself, that we build to us there a place to dwell therein. And Elisha said, Go ye.

3 And one of them said, Therefore and thou come with thy servants. He answered, I shall come.

4 And he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they hewed trees.

5 And it befelled, that when a man of them had cut down [a] matter, or a piece of wood, the iron of the ax felled [or fell] into the water; and he cried [out], and said, Alas! alas! alas! my lord, and I had taken this same thing by borrowing.

6 Soothly the man of God said, Where felled [or fell] it? And he showed to him the place. Therefore he cutted down a tree, and sent it thither where the iron was; and the iron floated.

7 And Elisha said, Take thou. Which held forth the hand, and took it.