2 Kings 6:27

And he said, If LORD does not help thee, from where shall I help thee? Out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress?

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In The King James Version

And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?

In Context

26And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

28And the king said to her, What troubles thee? And she answered, This woman said to me, Give thy son that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.

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Cross References

Psalms 62:8Trust in him at all times, ye people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Psalms 124:1If it had not been LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,

Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in rulers, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

Jeremiah 17:5Thus says LORD: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from LORD.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 6:25-33

The Siege of Samaria. ( b. c. 891.) 24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. 26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. 27 And he said, If the Lord do not… Read the whole commentary →

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