1. Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we are living with you is too small for us.
2. Let us go to the Jordan and take from there one beam per man, and let us make for ourselves a place to live there.”And Elisha said, “Go.”
3. Then one of them said, “Please come with your servants.”And he said, “I will come.”
4. So he went with them.And they came to the Jordan and cut down trees.
5. But as one was cutting down a tree, the axe head fell into the water. He cried, “Ah, master! It was borrowed.”
6. Then the man of God said, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, he cut off a stick, and threw it in there, and he made the iron float.
7. So Elisha said, “Pick it up.” And he reached out his hand and took it.
8. Then the king of Aram was fighting against Israel, and he took counsel with his servants, saying, “At such and such a place will be my camp.”
9. But the man of God sent word to the king of Israel, saying, “Take care not to pass through this place, for the Arameans are marching down there.”
10. The king of Israel sent word to the place of which the man of God spoke. He warned him and was on his guard there more than once.
11. The mind of the king of Aram was troubled by this, so he called his servants and said to them, “Will you not tell me who among us sides with the king of Israel?”
12. Then one of his servants said, “No one, my lord, O king. Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”
13. He said, “Go and see where he is, so that I may send for him and take him.” And it was told to him, “He is in Dothan.”
14. So he sent horses, chariots, and a great army there. They came by night and surrounded the city.
15. When a servant of the man of God rose early in the morning and went out, a force surrounded the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What will we do?”
16. And he said, “Do not be afraid, for there are more with us than with them.”
17. Then Elisha prayed, “Lord, open his eyes and let him see.” So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire surrounding Elisha.