2 Kings 6:5

וַיְהִי הָֽאֶחָד מַפִּיל הַקּוֹרָה וְאֶת ־ הַבַּרְזֶל נָפַל אֶל ־ הַמָּיִם וַיִּצְעַק וַיֹּאמֶר אֲהָהּ אֲדֹנִי וְהוּא שָׁאֽוּל ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

4וַיֵּלֶךְ אִתָּם וַיָּבֹאוּ הַיַּרְדֵּנָה וַֽיִּגְזְרוּ הָעֵצִֽים ׃

6וַיֹּאמֶר אִישׁ ־ הָאֱלֹהִים אָנָה נָפָל וַיַּרְאֵהוּ אֶת ־ הַמָּקוֹם וַיִּקְצָב ־ עֵץ וַיַּשְׁלֶךְ ־ שָׁמָּה וַיָּצֶף הַבַּרְזֶֽל ׃

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Cross References

Exodus 22:14אִם ־ בְּעָלָיו עִמּוֹ לֹא יְשַׁלֵּם אִם ־ שָׂכִיר הוּא בָּא בִּשְׂכָרֽוֹ ׃ ס

2 Kings 4:7וַתָּבֹא וַתַּגֵּד לְאִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים וַיֹּאמֶר לְכִי מִכְרִי אֶת ־ הַשֶּׁמֶן וְשַׁלְּמִי אֶת ־ נשיכי וְאַתְּ בניכי תִֽחְיִי בַּנּוֹתָֽר ׃ פ

Psalms 37:21לֹוֶה רָשָׁע וְלֹא יְשַׁלֵּם וְצַדִּיק חוֹנֵן וְנוֹתֵֽן ׃

Isaiah 10:34וְנִקַּף סִֽבְכֵי הַיַּעַר בַּבַּרְזֶל וְהַלְּבָנוֹן בְּאַדִּיר יִפּֽוֹל ׃ ס

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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