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Then one said, "Please come with your servants." "I'll come," he answered.
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So he went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
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As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron [ax head] fell into the water, and he cried out: "Oh, my master, it was borrowed!"
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Then the man of God asked, "Where did it fall?" When he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.
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Then he said, "Pick it up." So he reached out and took it.
The Aramean War
8 When the king of Aram was waging war against Israel, he conferred with his servants, "My camp will be at such and such a place."
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But the man of God sent [word] to the king of Israel: "Be careful passing by this place, for the Arameans are going down there."
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Consequently, the king of Israel sent [word] to the place the man of God had told him about. The man of God repeatedly warned the king, so the king would be on his guard.
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The king of Aram was enraged because of this matter, and he called his servants and demanded of them, "Tell me, which one of us is for the king of Israel?"
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One of his servants said, "No one, my lord the king. Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel even the words you speak in your bedroom."
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So the king said, "Go and see where he is, so I can send [men] to capture him." When he was told, "Elisha is in Dothan,"