But 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. He said, “Take it up for yourself.” So he put out his hand and took it.

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Footnotes

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