1. The members of the group of prophets said to Elisha, "Look, the place where we now live under your authority is too small for us.
2. Let’s go to the Jordan River and each get a log from there. Then we can make a place to live there."Elisha said, "Do it!"
3. One of them said, "Please come with us, your servants."Elisha said, "Okay, I’ll go."
4. So he went with them. They came to the Jordan River and began cutting down trees.
5. One of them was cutting down a tree when his ax head fell into the water. He cried out, "Oh, no! Master, it was a borrowed ax!"
6. The man of God said, "Where did it fall?" He showed Elisha the place. Elisha then cut a piece of wood, threw it into the river there, and the ax head floated up.
7. "Lift it out," Elisha said. So the man then reached out and grabbed it.
8. Aram’s king was fighting against Israel. He took counsel with his officers, saying, "I’ll camp at such-and-such a place."
9. The man of God sent word to Israel’s king: "Beware of passing by this place because the Arameans are going down there."
10. Then Israel’s king sent word to the place the man of God had mentioned to him. Time after time, Elisha warned the king, and the king stayed on the alert.
11. Aram’s king was extremely upset about this. He called his officers and said to them, "Tell me! Who among us is siding with Israel’s king?"
12. One of his officers said, "No one, Your Majesty! It’s Elisha the Israelite prophet who tells Israel’s king the words that you speak in the privacy of your bedroom."
13. He said, "Go and find out where he is. Then I will send men to capture him."They told him, "He is in Dothan."
14. So the king sent horses and chariots there with a strong army. They came at night and surrounded the city.