The ax head fell into the water; the iron fell from the wood. Alas, master! for it was borrowed: he was the more concerned, partly because he was now forced to be idle and useless to them in the common work; and partly because it was his friend's loss, who now was likely to suffer for his kindness; and as justice obliged him to restore it, so his poverty disenabled him from it.
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2 Kings 6:5
5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe heada fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.