New American Standard Bible 2020
2 Kings 6:25-29
25So there was a severeH1419 1famineH7458 in SamariaH8111; and beholdH2009, they kept besiegingH6696H5921 it untilH5704 a donkey’sH2543 headH7218 was sold for eightyH8084 shekels of silverH3701, and a fourthH7255 of a 2kabH6894 of dove’sH3123 dungH1686 for fiveH2568 shekels of silverH3701.
26And as the kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 was passingH5674 byH5674 on the wallH2346, a womanH802 criedH6817 outH6817 to him, sayingH559, “HelpH3467, my lordH113 the kingH4428!”
27But he saidH559, “3If the LordH3068 does not helpH3467 you, from whereH370 am I to helpH3467 you? From the threshingH1637 floorH1637, orH176 from the wineH3342 pressH3342?”
28Then the kingH4428 saidH559 to her, “4WhatH4100 5is on your mind?” And she saidH559, “ThisH2088 womanH802 saidH559 to me, ‘GiveH5414 your sonH1121 so that we may eatH398 him todayH3117, and we will eatH398 my sonH1121 tomorrowH4279.’
296So we cookedH1310 my sonH1121 and ateH398 him; and I saidH559 to her on the nextH312 dayH3117, ‘GiveH5414 your sonH1121, so that we may eatH398 him’; but she has hiddenH2244 her sonH1121.”
Notes
- 1. 2 Kings 6:25 Lev 26:26 ↩
- 2. 2 Kings 6:25 One kab equals about 2 qt. or 1.9 liters ↩
- 3. 2 Kings 6:27 Or No! Let the Lord help you ↩
- 4. 2 Kings 6:28 Judg 18:23 ↩
- 5. 2 Kings 6:28 Lit to you ↩
- 6. 2 Kings 6:29 Lev 26:27-29; Deut 28:52, 53, 57; Lam 4:10 ↩
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
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