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!”
• 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!”
• New Living Translation (NLT)One day as the king of Israel was walking along the wall of the city, a woman called to him, “Please help me, my lord the king!”

Context of 2 Kings 6:26

24Afterward Ben-hadad king of Syria mustered his entire army and went up and besieged Samaria. 25And there was a great famine in Samaria, as they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five shekels of silver. Now as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, "Help, my lord, O king!" 27And he said, "If the Lord will not help you, how shall I help you? From the threshing floor, or from the winepress?" 28And the king asked her, "What is your trouble?" She answered, "This woman said to me, 'Give your son, that 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 came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and paid homage and said, "Save me, O king."
• Isaiah 10:3What will you do on the day of punishment, in the ruin that will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?
• Luke 18:3And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'
• Acts 21:28crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place. Moreover, he even 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

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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