2 Let’s go to the Jordan River and each get a log from there. Then we can make a place to live there."Elisha said, "Do it!"
3 One of them said, "Please come with us, your servants."Elisha said, "Okay, I’ll go."
4 So he went with them. They came to the Jordan River and began cutting down trees.
5 One of them was cutting down a tree when his ax head fell into the water. He cried out, "Oh, no! Master, it was a borrowed ax!"
6 The man of God said, "Where did it fall?" He showed Elisha the place. Elisha then cut a piece of wood, threw it into the river there, and the ax head floated up.
7 "Lift it out," Elisha said. So the man then reached out and grabbed it.
8 Aram’s king was fighting against Israel. He took counsel with his officers, saying, "I’ll camp at such-and-such a place."