2 Kings 6:1-7

Elisha Recovers a Lost Axe Head

1 Then the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "Please look; the place where we are living before you [is] too cramped for us.

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.

7 Then he said, "Pick [it] up for yourself," so he stretched out his hand and took it.

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.