But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
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Gill's Exposition
And the man of God said, where fell it?.... For though endowed with a spirit of prophecy, he did not know all things, and at all times; and if he did know where it fell, he might ask this question to…
Barnes' Notes
The ax head - literally, as in the margin. The Jews used iron for the heads of axes at a very early date (see Deu 19:5). They probably acquired a knowledge of the smelting process in Egypt, where iron…
Adam Clarke
Alas, master! for it was borrowed - אהה אדני והוא שאול ahah adonia, vehu shaul! Ah! ah, my master; and it has been sought. It has fallen in, and I have sought it in vain. Or, it was borrowed, and…
Several things may be observed here,
I. Concerning the sons of the prophets, and their condition and character. The college here spoken of seems to be that at Gilgal, for there Elisha was (Kg2 4:38),…
Cambridge Bible
a beam The Hebrew noun has the article, the force of which may be - hisbeam", that one to which he was specially devoting himself.
the axe head Literally -the iron". The word is the same as in verse…
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