2 Kings 6
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2 Kings 6:24-29

24Now it cameH1961 about afterH310 thisH3651, that 1Ben-hadadH1130 kingH4428 of AramH758 gatheredH6908 allH3605 his armyH4264 and wentH5927 up and besiegedH6696H5921 SamariaH8111.

25There was a greatH1419 2famineH7458 in SamariaH8111; and beholdH2009, they besiegedH6696H5921 it, untilH5704 a donkey’sH2543 headH7218 was soldH1961 for eightyH8084 shekels of silverH3701, and a fourthH7255 of a 3kabH6894 of dove’sH3123 dungH1686 for fiveH2568 shekels of silverH3701.

26As the kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 was passingH5674 by on the wallH2346 a womanH802 criedH6817 out to him, sayingH559, “HelpH3467, my lordH113, O kingH4428!”

27He saidH559, “4If the LordH3068 does not helpH3467 you, from whereH370 shall I helpH3467 you? From the threshingH1637 floorH1637, orH176 from the wineH3342 pressH3342?”

28And the kingH4428 saidH559 to her, “5WhatH4100 6is the matter with you?” And she 7answeredH559, “ThisH2088 womanH802 saidH559 to me, ‘GiveH5414 your sonH1121 that we may eatH398 him todayH3117, and we will eatH398 my sonH1121 tomorrowH4279.’

298So we boiledH1310 my sonH1121 and ateH398 him; and I saidH559 to her on the nextH312 dayH3117, ‘GiveH5414 your sonH1121, that we may eatH398 him’; but she has hiddenH2244 her sonH1121.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Kings 6:24 1 Kin 20:1 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Kings 6:25 Lev 26:26 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Kings 6:25 I.e. One kab equals approx 2 qts ↩
  4. 4. 2 Kings 6:27 Lit No, let the Lord help you ↩
  5. 5. 2 Kings 6:28 Judg 18:23 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Kings 6:28 Lit to you ↩
  7. 7. 2 Kings 6:28 Lit said ↩
  8. 8. 2 Kings 6:29 Lev 26:27-29; Deut 28:52, 53, 57; Lam 4:10 ↩

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