2 Kings 6:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 6:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 6:5 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrow..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 6:5 — KJV
“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. axe head: Heb. iron”
— 2 Kings 6:5 (KJV)
2 Kings 6:5 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 6:5
“As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live: head: Heb. iron helve: Heb. wood lighteth...: Heb. findeth”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 6:5: one, axe, head
“And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining. great Zidon: or, Zidonrabbah Misrephothmaim: or, Salt pits: Heb. Burnings of waters”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 6:5: one, into, water
“And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 6:5: one, beam, head
“And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 6:5: one, head, fell
“This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD'S anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster. worthy to die: Heb. the sons of death”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 6:5: one, water, master
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