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And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.
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Let us go, we pray thee, unto the 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.
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And one said, Be pleased, I pray thee, to go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
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So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
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But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.
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And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim.
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And he said, Take it up to thee. So he put out his hand, and took it.
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Now the king of Syria was warring against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
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And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are coming down.
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And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once nor twice.
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And the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?