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And the sons of the prophetssaiduntoElisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
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Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every manabeam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.
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And onesaid, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
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So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut downwood.
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But as one was felling a beam, the axe head[a]fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas,master! for it was borrowed.
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And the man of Godsaid, Wherefell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
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Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
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Then the king of Syriawarred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants,saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.[b]
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And the man of Godsent unto the king of Israel,saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
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And the king of Israelsent to the place which the man of Godtold him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
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Therefore 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 shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?