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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.