2 Kings 6:5

But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, my Lord! it was also borrowed.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

In Context

4So he went with them; and they came to the Jordan, and they cut down trees.

6And the man of God said, Where did it fall? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and he caused the iron to swim.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:14(22:13) And if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make it good.

2 Kings 4:7Then came she and told it to the man of God; and he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and thou with thy children shalt live of the rest.

Psalms 37:21The wicked borroweth, and repayeth not; but the righteous is beneficent, and giveth.

Isaiah 10:34And he will cut down the thickets of the forests with iron, and the Lebanon shall fall by [means of] a mighty one.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 6:2-8

Iron Made to Swim. ( b. c. 893.) 1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. 3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. 4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. 5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head… Read the whole commentary →

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