2 Kings 6:28
And the king said to her, What is troubling you? And she said in answer, This woman said to me, Give your son to be our food today, and we will have my son tomorrow.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 26:29Then you will take the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters for food;
Judges 18:23Crying out to them. And the Danites, turning round, said to Micah, What is your trouble, that you have taken up arms?
2 Samuel 14:5And the king said to her, What is your trouble? And her answer was, Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
Isaiah 9:20On the right a man was cutting off bits and was still in need; on the left a man took a meal but had not enough; no man had pity on his brother; every man was making a meal of the flesh of his neighbour.
Isaiah 49:15Will a woman give up the child at her breast, will she be without pity for the fruit of her body? yes, these may, but I will not let you go out of my memory.
Ezekiel 5:10For this cause fathers will take their sons for food among you, and sons will make a meal of their fathers; and I will be judge among you, and all the rest of you I will send away to every wind.
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 →