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

24Later King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled his entire army and attacked and besieged Samaria. 25Samaria’s food supply ran out. They laid siege to it so long that a donkey’s head was selling for eighty shekels of silver and a quarter of a kab of dove’s droppings for five shekels of silver. While the king of Israel was passing by on the city wall, a woman shouted to him, “Help us, my master, O king!” 27He replied, “No, let the Lord help you. How can I help you? The threshing floor and winepress are empty.” 28Then the king asked her, “What’s your problem?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Hand over your son; we’ll eat him today and then 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 14:4So the Tekoan woman went to the king. She bowed down with her face to the ground in deference to him and said, “Please help me, O king!”
• Isaiah 10:3What will you do on judgment day, when destruction arrives from a distant place? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
• Luke 18:3There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
• Acts 21:28shouting, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!”

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
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• Famine
• Jehoram
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• Benhadad
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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