2 Kings 6:4

4 He went with them, and they went to the Jordan, and they cut down the trees.

2 Kings 6:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 6:4

So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut
down wood.
] Trees which grew upon the banks of it, to build their house with, at least for the rafters and flooring of it, supposing the walls to be built of stone.

2 Kings 6:4 In-Context

2 Let us please go to the Jordan and each bring from there one log that we might make a place there for us to live." Then he said, "Do so."

3 Then a certain one said, "Please be prepared and go with your servants," and he said, "I will go."

4 He went with them, and they went to the Jordan, and they cut down the trees.

5 It happened as the one [was] felling the log, that the iron ax fell into the water. He called out and said, "Oh, no! My master, it was borrowed!"

6 Then the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" So he showed him the place, and then he cut off a stick and threw [it] there and made the iron ax float.