2 Why don't we build a new meeting place near the River Jordan? Each of us could get some wood, then we could build it.”“That's a good idea,” Elisha replied, “get started.”
3 “Aren't you going with us?” one of the prophets asked.“Yes, I'll go,” Elisha answered,
4 and he left with them.They went to the River Jordan and began chopping down trees.
5 While one of the prophets was working, his axe head fell off and dropped into the water. “Oh!” he shouted. “Sir, I borrowed this axe.”
6 “Where did it fall in?” Elisha asked. The prophet pointed to the place, and Elisha cut a stick and threw it into the water at that spot. The axe head floated to the top of the water.
7 “Now get it,” Elisha told him. And the prophet reached in and grabbed it.
8 Time after time, when the king of Syria was at war against the Israelites, he met with his officers and announced, “I've decided where we will set up camp.”