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And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.
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Let us go, we pray thee, to the Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he said, Go.
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And one said, Consent, I pray thee, to go with thy servants. And he said, I will go.
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And he went with them. And they came to the Jordan and cut down the trees.
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And it came to pass as one was felling a beam, that the iron fell into the water; and he cried and said, Alas, master, and it was borrowed!
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And the man of God said, Where did it fall? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim.
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And he said, Take [it] up to thee. And he put out his hand and took it.
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And the king of Syria warred against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place [shall be] my camp.
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And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place, for thither the Syrians are come down.