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 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

24And it happened after this that Ben-Hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria. 25And there was a great famine in Samaria; and indeed they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and one-fourth of a kab of dove droppings for five shekels of silver. Then, 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 does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or from the winepress?” 28Then the king said to her, “What is troubling you?” And 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 14:4And when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself, and said, “Help, O king!”
• Isaiah 10:3What will you do in the day of punishment, And in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory?
• Luke 18:3Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’
• Acts 21:28crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, the law, and this place; and furthermore he also 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