Scripture · Old Testament
2 Kings 6:4
2 Kings 6:4 is verse 4 of 2 Kings chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees.
King James Version
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
World English Bible
So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
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2 Kings 6:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
2 Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said Elisha.
3 Then one of them said, “Please come with your servants.” “I will come,” he replied.
4 So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees.
5 As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”
6 “Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Deuteronomy 19:5If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.
Deuteronomy 29:11your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—