2 Kings 6:1-7

Listen to 2 Kings 6:1-7

1 The disciples of the prophets said to Elisha, "The place where we're staying is too small for us.

2 Let's go to the Jordan River. Each of us can get some logs and make a place for us to live there." Elisha said, "Go ahead."

3 Then one of the disciples asked, "Won't you please come with us?" Elisha answered, "I'll go."

4 So he went with them. They came to the Jordan River and began to cut down trees.

5 As one of them was cutting down a tree, the ax head fell into the water. He cried out, "Oh no, master! It was borrowed!"

6 The man of God asked, "Where did it fall?" When he showed Elisha the place, Elisha cut off a piece of wood. He threw it into the water at that place and made the ax head float.

7 Elisha said, "Pick it up." The disciple reached for it and picked it up.

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2 Kings 6:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 6

In this chapter are recorded other wonders of Elisha, as causing iron to swim, 2Ki 6:1-7 having knowledge of the secret counsels of the king of Syria, which he disclosed to the king of Israel, 2Ki 6:8-12 smiting the Syrian army with blindness sent to take him, and which he led into the midst of Samaria, 2Ki 6:13-23, and the chapter is closed with an account of the siege of Samaria, and a sore famine in it, 2Ki 6:24-33.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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2 Kings 6:1-7 Study Resources

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Sharpening Your Prayer Skills

Jill Briscoe

Many of us have times in our lives where we feel we’ve lost our spiritual effectiveness. This can happen in a number of ways. Maybe our disciplines have gone awry, our habits have slipped, our priorities changed, or we’ve let worry, pride or selfishness get in the way.In this message, Jill explains what happens when we lose our spiritual effectiveness, and she shares the steps we can take to retrieve it.

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Sharpening Your Prayer Skills

Stuart and Jill Briscoe

Many of us have times in our lives where we feel we’ve lost our spiritual effectiveness. This can happen in a number of ways. Maybe our disciplines have gone awry, our habits have slipped, our priorities changed, or we’ve let worry, pride or selfishness get in the way. In this message, Jill explains what happens when we lose our spiritual effectiveness, and she shares the steps we can take to retrieve it.

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Sharpening Your Prayer Skills

Jill Briscoe

Many of us have times in our lives where we feel we’ve lost our spiritual effectiveness. This can happen in a number of ways. Maybe our disciplines have gone awry, our habits have slipped, our priorities changed, or we’ve let worry, pride or selfishness get in the way. In this message, Jill explains what happens when we lose our spiritual effectiveness, and she shares the steps we can take to retrieve it.

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Sharpening Your Prayer Skills

Jill Briscoe

Many of us have times in our lives where we feel we've lost our spiritual effectiveness. This can happen in a number of ways. Maybe our disciplines have gone awry, our habits have slipped, our priorities changed, or we've let worry, pride or selfishness get in the way. In this message, Jill explains what happens when we lose our spiritual effectiveness, and she shares the steps we can take to retrieve it.

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The Cutting Edge

Jill Briscoe

Are you going through the motions with no real passion for your faith or God? Are you dull and ineffective? If so, you’ve lost your spiritual edge, and there’s nothing that delights the devil more. Find out how to sharpen your faith again in this single message from Jill Briscoe. Teaching from the story of Elisha and a lost ax in 2 Kings 6, Jill encourages you to uncover how and where you lost your edge. Ask yourself honestly—have you lost it to bitterness, unforgiveness, lust, materialism, willfulness, laziness, or just plain selfishness? Be encouraged that the lost ax is not the end of the story—it can be found, with God’s help!

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The Floating Ax Head

Dr. J. Vernon McGee

God uses some of the strangest stories to teach us lessons for living the Christian life. Such was the case when a man lost a borrowed ax head by dropping it into the Jordan River. Dr. McGee gleans some amazing lessons for us from this seemingly minor event in the life of Elisha.

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