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2 Kings 6:26

Grief

24 Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.

25 So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.

As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”

27 He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”

28 Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
KJV
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
WEB
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”
ASV
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
DARBY
And it came to pass as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman to him saying, Help, my lord O king!
BLB
And it came to pass [that] the king of Israel passing by on the wall, and a woman cried out to him, saying, “Save [me], my lord the king.”
ÅB
Og da Israels konge engang gikk omkring på muren, ropte en kvinne til ham: Hjelp, herre konge!
OTB
Da Israels konge gikk forbi på muren, ropte en kvinne til ham og sa, "Hjelp, min herre konge!"
B1930
Og da Israels konge engang gikk omkring på muren, ropte en kvinne til ham: Hjelp, herre konge!

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 14:4

    When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”

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  • Isaiah 10:3

    What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

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  • Luke 18:3

    And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

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  • Acts 21:28

    crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

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