2. Let’s go to the Jordan River and cut some wood. Each of us will get a log and we will build us a place to live there.” Elisha answered, “Go and do it.”
3. One of them said, “Please go with us.” Elisha said, “Yes, I will go with you.”
4. So Elisha went with the group of prophets. When they arrived at the Jordan River, they began to cut down some trees.
5. But when one man was cutting down a tree, the iron ax head slipped from the handle and fell into the water. He shouted, “Oh, master! I borrowed that ax!”
6. The man of God said, “Where did it fall?” The man showed Elisha the place where the ax head fell. Then Elisha cut a stick and threw the stick into the water. The stick made the iron ax head float.
7. Elisha said, “So pick up the ax head.” Then the man reached out and took the ax head.
8. The king of Aram was making war against Israel. He had a council meeting with his army officers. He said, “Go to such and such a place and prepare to attack the Israelites when they come by.”
9. But the man of God sent a message to the king of Israel. Elisha said, “Be careful! Don’t go by that place, because the Aramean soldiers are hiding there!”
10. The king of Israel sent a message to his men at the place that the man of God warned him about. And the king of Israel saved quite a few men.
11. The king of Aram was very upset about this. He called his army officers and said to them, “Tell me who is spying for the king of Israel.”
12. One of the officers of the king of Aram said, “My lord and king, not one of us is a spy. Elisha, the prophet from Israel, can tell the king of Israel many secret things—even the words that you speak in your bedroom!”
13. The king of Aram said, “Find Elisha, and I will send men to catch him.” The servants told the king of Aram, “Elisha is in Dothan.”
14. Then the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a large army to Dothan. They arrived at night and surrounded the city.
15. Elisha’s servant got up early that morning. When he went outside, he saw an army with horses and chariots all around the city. The servant said to Elisha, “Oh, my master, what can we do?”