2 Kings 6:26

2 Kings 6:26 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, "Help, my lord, O king!"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then, as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”

Context of 2 Kings 6:26

24But it came about after this, that Ben-hadad king of Aram (Syria) gathered his whole army together and went up and besieged Samaria. 25Now there was a great famine in Samaria; and they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a fourth of a kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver. As the king of Israel (Jehoram) was passing by on the [city] wall a woman cried out to him, “Help, my lord, O king!” 27He said, “If the Lord does not help you, from where shall I get you help? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?” 28And the king said to her, “What is the matter with you?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son so we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’

2 Kings 6:26 word by word

וַֽיְהִי֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עֹבֵ֖ר עַל־הַחֹמָ֑ה וְאִשָּׁ֗ה צָעֲקָ֤ה אֵלָיו֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הוֹשִׁ֖יעָה אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And as the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• was passing byעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• upon the wallחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• there criedצָעַקtsâ‛aq · to cryH6817
• a womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• unto him, sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Helpיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467
• my lordאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113

Cross-references for 2 Kings 6:26

• 2 Samuel 14:4When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she bowed with her face to the ground and lay herself down, and said, “Help, O king.”
• Isaiah 10:3Now what will you do in the day of [God’s] punishment, And in the storm of devastation which will come from far away? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your wealth [for safekeeping]?
• Luke 18:3There was a [desperate] widow in that city and she kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice and legal protection from my adversary.’
• Acts 21:28shouting, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against our people and the Law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”

Commentaries on 2 Kings 6:26

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26The walls of fortified towns had a broad space at the top, protected toward the exterior by battlements, along which the bulk of the defenders were disposed, and from which they hurled their missiles and shot their arrows. The king seems to have been going his rounds, to inspect the state of the garrison and the defenses.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-33Verses 24-33 Learn to value plenty, and to be thankful for it; see how contemptible money is, when in time of famine it is so freely parted with for any thing that is eatable! The language of Jehoram to the woman may be the language of despair. See the word of God fulfilled; among the threatenings of God's judgments upon Israel for their sins, this was one, that they should eat the flesh of their own children, De 28:53-57. The truth and the awful justice…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-29Cannibalism (the act of eating human flesh) in extreme times was part of God’s warning of judgment for unfaithfulness and disobedience (Deuteronomy 28:53, 57). It also happened during the siege that led to Jerusalem's fall (Lamentations 4:9–10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. as the king was passing--to look at the defenses, or to give some necessary orders for manning the walls.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 6:26

• Armies
• Famine
• Israel
• Samaria
• Siege

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Band
• Elisha
• Famine
• Jehoram
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• Jehoahaz
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• Samaria

Commentaries on 2 Kings 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings