📖WEB · 2 Kings 6:4
What does 2 Kings 6:4 mean?
"So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood."
— 2 Kings 6:4 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “See now, the place where we live and meet with you is too small for us.
Please let us go to the Jordan, and each man take a beam from there, and let us make us a place there, where we may live.” He answered, “Go!”
One said, “Please be pleased to go with your servants.” He answered, “I will go.”
So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
But as one was cutting down a tree, the ax head fell into the water. Then he cried, and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.”
The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” He showed him the place. He cut down a stick, threw it in there, and made the iron float.
He said, “Take it.” So he put out his hand and took it.
Explanation
This short verse is part of a larger story found in 2 Kings 6:1-7, often called the account of the floating axe head. Read plainly, it simply says that Elisha agreed to accompany a group of prophets to the Jordan River, and once there, they began cutting
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