2 Kings 6:1-7

Tree of Life Version

Floating Ax Head

6 Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Behold now, the place where we are living in your presence is too cramped for us. ² So please, let’s go to the Jordan and pick from there each one a beam, and make ourselves a place there to live.”

“Go,” he answered.

³ Then one of them said, “Will you please come with your servants?”

“I will go,” he answered. ⁴ So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down trees. ⁵ But as one of them was cutting down a beam, the axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, “Ah, my master! It was borrowed.”

⁶ Then the man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw it there, and made the ax head float. ⁷ Then he said, “Pick it up for yourself.” So he reached out his hand and took it.