Elisha makes an Iron Axe head float on water.

My Mysterious Bible

Sep 10 2023 • 10 mins

It's a strange miracle when Elija makes an iron axe head float on a river.

Resources used:

A Commentary, Critical, Experimental, and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments: Joshua–Esther, vol. II

Robert Jamieson, A Commentary, Critical, Experimental, and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments: Joshua–Esther, vol. II (London; Glasgow: William Collins, Sons, & Company, Limited, n.d.), 385.

Paul R. House, 1, 2 Kings, vol. 8, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1995), 275.

Victor Harold Matthews, Mark W. Chavalas, and John H. Walton, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament, electronic ed. (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), 2 Ki 6:5–6.

MAGIC IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST WITHSPECIAL REFERENCE TO ANCIENT ISRAEL BY GWENDOLENE CAREN LlEDEMAN