1Now 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;
2So 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.
3And one of them said, Be pleased to go with your servants. And he said, I will go.
4So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they got to work cutting down trees.
5But 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.
6And 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.
7Then he said, Take it up. So he put out his hand and took it.