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One day the guild of prophets came to Elisha and said, "You can see that this place where we're living under your leadership is getting cramped - we have no elbow room.
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Give us permission to go down to the Jordan where each of us will get a log. We'll build a roomier place." Elisha said, "Go ahead."
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One of them then said, "Please! Come along with us!" He said, "Certainly."
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He went with them. They came to the Jordan and started chopping down trees.
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As one of them was felling a timber, his axhead flew off and sank in the river. "Oh no, master!" he cried out. "And it was borrowed!"
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The Holy Man said, "Where did it sink?" The man showed him the place. He cut off a branch and tossed it at the spot. The axhead floated up.
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"Grab it," he said. The man reached out and took it.
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One time when the king of Aram was at war with Israel, after consulting with his officers, he said, "At such and such a place I want an ambush set."