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Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, There is not room enough for us in the place where we are living under your care;
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So let us go to Jordan, and let everyone get to work cutting boards, and we will make a living-place for ourselves there. And he said to them, Go, then.
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And one of them said, Be pleased to go with your servants. And he said, I will go.
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So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they got to work cutting down trees.
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But one of them, while cutting a board, let the head of his axe go into the water; and he gave a cry, and said, This is a bad business, my master, for it is another's.
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And the man of God said, Where did it go in? and when he saw the place where it had gone into the water, cutting a stick, he put it into the water, and the iron came up to the top of the water.
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Then he said, Take it up. So he put out his hand and took it.
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At that time the king of Aram was making war against Israel; and he had a meeting with the chiefs of his army and said, I will be waiting in secret in some named place.
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And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Take care to keep away from that place, for the Aramaeans are waiting there in secret.
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So the king of Israel sent to the place where the man of God had said there was danger, and kept clear of it more than once.
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And at this, the mind of the king of Aram was greatly troubled, and he sent for his servants and said to them, Will you not make clear to me which of us is helping the king of Israel?