# So the man of God said "So Elisha, the man of God, asked" # He then cut off a stick, threw it in the water, and made the iron float God uses Elisha to perform a miracle. The ax head rises to the surface of the water and it stays there so the prophet can pick it up. # made the iron float "caused the iron to float" # the iron "the ax head." The ax head was made of iron.