1 One day the group of prophets that Elisha was in charge of complained to him, “The place where we live is too small!
2 Give us permission to go to the Jordan and cut down some trees, so that we can build a place to live.”“All right,” Elisha answered.
3 One of them urged him to go with them; he agreed,
4 and they set out together. When they arrived at the Jordan, they began to work.
5 As one of them was cutting down a tree, suddenly his iron axe head fell in the water. “What shall I do, sir?” he exclaimed to Elisha. “It was a borrowed axe!”