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2 Kings 6:1-7

1 The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "Please notice that the place where we live under your supervision is too small for us.

1 The company of the prophets said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we meet with you is too small for us.

2 Please let us go to the Jordan where we can each get a log and can build ourselves a place to live there." "Go," he said.

2 Let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a pole; and let us build a place there for us to meet.” And he said, “Go.”

3 Then one said, "Please come with your servants." "I'll come," he answered.

3 Then one of them said, “Won’t you please come with your servants?” “I will,” Elisha replied.

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

4 And he went with them. They went to the Jordan and began to cut down trees.

5 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!"

5 As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. “Oh no, my lord!” he cried out. “It was borrowed!”

6 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.

6 The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it there, and made the iron float.

7 Then he said, "Pick it up." So he reached out and took it.

7 “Lift it out,” he said. Then the man reached out his hand and took it.