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Now it happened that as one was felling a beam, [a]the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.” Then the man of God said, “Where did it fall?” And when he showed him the place, (A)he cut off a stick and threw it in there and made the iron float. And he said, “Take it up for yourself.” So he sent forth his hand and took it.

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  1. 2 Kings 6:5 Lit as for the iron, it fell

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.

And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.

Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.

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As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. “Oh no, my lord!” he cried out. “It was borrowed!”

The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw(A) it there, and made the iron float. “Lift it out,” he said. Then the man reached out his hand and took it.

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