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Now the sons of the prophets said to Eli'sha, "See, the place where we dwell under your charge is too small for us.
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Let us go to the Jordan and each of us get there a log, and let us make a place for us to dwell there." And he answered, "Go."
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Then one of them said, "Be pleased to go with your servants." And he answered, "I will go."
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So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
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But as one was felling a log, his axe head fell into the water; and he cried out, "Alas, my master! It was borrowed."
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Then the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" When he showed him the place, he cut off a stick, and threw it in there, and made the iron float.
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And he said, "Take it up." So he reached out his hand and took it.
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Once when the king of Syria was warring against Israel, he took counsel with his servants, saying, "At such and such a place shall be my camp."