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.
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2 Kings 6:4 In-Context
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Let’s go down to the Jordan River, where there are plenty of logs. There we can build a new place for us to meet.” “All right,” he told them, “go ahead.”
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“Please come with us,” someone suggested. “I will,” he said.
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So he went with them. When they arrived at the Jordan, they began cutting down trees.
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But as one of them was cutting a tree, his ax head fell into the river. “Oh, sir!” he cried. “It was a borrowed ax!”
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“Where did it fall?” the man of God asked. When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it into the water at that spot. Then the ax head floated to the surface.