Sinai2 Kings 6:26
World English Bible
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”
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2 Kings 6:26 in other translations
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
2 Kings 6:26 in context
- 24After this, Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
- 25There was a great famine in Samaria. Behold, they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
- 26As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”
- 27He said, “If Yahweh doesn’t help you, where could I get help for you? From of the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”
- 28The king said to her, “What is your problem?”
She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’