1. Some of the prophets said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we meet with you is too cramped for us.
2. Let’s go to the Jordan. Each of us will get a log from there and we will build a meeting place for ourselves there.” He said, “Go.”
3. One of them said, “Please come along with your servants.” He replied, “All right, I’ll come.”
4. So he went with them. When they arrived at the Jordan, they started cutting down trees.
5. As one of them was felling a log, the ax head dropped into the water. He shouted, “Oh no, my master! It was borrowed!”
6. The prophet asked, “Where did it drop in?” When he showed him the spot, Elisha cut off a branch, threw it in at that spot, and made the ax head float.
7. He said, “Lift it out.” So he reached out his hand and grabbed it.
8. Now the king of Syria was at war with Israel. He consulted his advisers, who said, “Invade at such and such a place.”
9. But the prophet sent this message to the king of Israel, “Make sure you don’t pass through this place because Syria is invading there.”
10. So the king of Israel sent a message to the place the prophet had pointed out, warning it to be on its guard. This happened on several occasions.
11. This made the king of Syria upset. So he summoned his advisers and said to them, “One of us must be helping the king of Israel.”
12. One of his advisers said, “No, my master, O king. The prophet Elisha who lives in Israel keeps telling the king of Israel the things you say in your bedroom.”
13. The king ordered, “Go, find out where he is, so I can send some men to capture him.” The king was told, “He is in Dothan.”