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2 Kings 6:29

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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.’

So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”

30 When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.

31 He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”

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BSB
So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”
KJV
So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
WEB
So we boiled my son and ate him; and I said to her on the next day, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him;’ and she has hidden her son.”
ASV
So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him; and she hath hid her son.
DARBY
And we boiled my son, and ate him: and I said to her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him; and she has hidden her son.
BLB
And we boiled my son and ate him, and I said to her on the next day, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ And she has hidden her son.”
ÅB
Så kokte vi min sønn og spiste ham. Dagen etter sa jeg til henne: Kom nå hit med din sønn, så vil vi spise ham. Men hun gjemte bort sin sønn.
OTB
Så kokte vi min sønn og spiste ham; og jeg sa til henne neste dag: 'Gi din sønn, så vi kan spise ham'; men hun har gjemt sin sønn."
B1930
Så kokte vi min sønn og åt ham. Dagen efter sa jeg til henne: Kom nu hit med din sønn, så vil vi ete ham. Men hun gjemte bort sin sønn.

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 28:53

    Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.

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  • Leviticus 26:29

    You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:57

    the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.

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  • 1 Kings 3:26

    Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”

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  • Isaiah 66:13

    As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”

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  • Isaiah 49:15

    “Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!

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