6. “Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. When he pointed out the spot, Elisha cut off a stick, threw it into the water, and brought the iron to the surface.
7. He said, “Pick it up.” And the man stretched out his hand and grasped it.
8. When the king of Aram was waging war on Israel, he would make plans with his servants: “I will bivouac at such and such a place.”
9. But the man of God would send word to the king of Israel, “Be careful! Do not pass by this place, for Aram will attack there.”
10. So the king of Israel would send word to the place which the man of God had indicated, and alert it; then they would be on guard. This happened several times.
11. Greatly disturbed over this, the king of Aram called together his officers and asked them, “Will you not tell me who among us is for the king of Israel?”
12. “No one, my lord king,” answered one of the officers. “The Israelite prophet Elisha can tell the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”