The Miracle of the Ax Head

6 One day the Guild of Prophets told Elisha, “Notice how the place where we are living is too small for us. ² Let’s go to the Jordan River,^[a] fashion some rafters,^[b] and build a place for us so we can live there.”

So he said, “Go!”

³ Someone asked, “Would you be willing to come with your servants?”

“I’m willing,” he replied. ⁴ So he accompanied them, and when they came to the Jordan River,^[c] they cut down some trees.

⁵ It happened that as one of them was felling a beam, his axe head fell into the water. He cried out, “Oh no! Master! The axe was on loan to me!”

⁶ The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” When he was shown the place, he cut off a branch, tossed it there, and made the iron axe head float. ⁷ Then Elisha said, “Pick it up!” So the young man reached out and picked it^[d] up.