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Axe

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: A By: James P. Boyd

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Seven Hebrew words so translated. It was of stone or iron, crudely fastened to a handle of wood (Deut. 19:5⁵As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbor 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 neighbor, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live: (Deuteronomy 19:5); 2 Kings 6:5-7⁵But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. ⁶And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. ⁷Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it. (2 Kings 6:5‑7)).

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