[6:1] One day the group of prophets that Elisha was in charge of complained to him, “The place where we live is too small!
[6:2] 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.
[6:3] One of them urged him to go with them; he agreed,
[6:4] and they set out together. When they arrived at the Jordan, they began to work.
[6:5] As one of them was cutting down a tree, suddenly his iron ax head fell in the water. “What shall I do, sir?” he exclaimed to Elisha. “It was a borrowed ax!”
[6:6] “Where did it fall?” Elisha asked. The man showed him the place, and Elisha cut off a stick, threw it in the water, and made the ax head float.
[6:7] “Take it out,” he ordered, and the man reached down and picked it up.