2 Kings 6:5

And behold, one was cutting down a beam, and the + 6:5 Gr. iron. axe head fell into the water: and he cried out, Alas! master: and it was hidden.

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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

4And he went with them, and they came to Jordan, and began to cut down + 6:4 Or, trees. wood.

6And the man of God said, Where did it fall? and he showed him the place: and he + 6:6 Lit. pinched off with the nail, etc. broke off a stick, and threw it in there, and the iron came to the surface.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:14And if any one borrow ought of his neighbor, and it be wounded or die or be carried away, and the owner of it be not with it, he shall make compensation.

2 Kings 4:7And she came and told the man of God: and Elisaie said, Go, and sell the oil, and you shall pay your + 4:7 Gr. interest, pl. debts, and you and your sons shall live of the remaining oil.

Psalms 37:21Forsake me not, O Lord my God: depart not from me. 1

Isaiah 10:34and the lofty ones shall fall by the sword, and the Libanus shall fall with his lofty ones.

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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