2 Kings 6:4

So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.

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In The King James Version

So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

In Context

3One said, “Please be pleased to go with your servants.” He answered, “I will go.”

5But as one was cutting down a tree, the ax head fell into the water. Then he cried out and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 19:5as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to chop wood and his hand swings the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and hits his neighbor so that he dies—he shall flee to one of these cities and live.

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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