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2 Kings 6:27

And he said: “If the Lord does not save you, how am I able to save you? From the grain floor, or from the wine press?” And the king said to her, “What is the matter with you?” And she responded:

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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 the wall, a certain woman cried out to him, saying, “Save me, my lord the king!”

28“This woman said to me: ‘Give your son, so that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’

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Cross References

Psalms 62:8For you have been my helper. And I will exult under the cover of your wings.

Psalms 124:1A Canticle in steps. Those who trust in the Lord will be like the mountain of Zion. He will not be disturbed for eternity, who dwells

Psalms 146:3He heals the contrite of heart, and he binds up their sorrows.

Jeremiah 17:5Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is a man who trusts in man, and who establishes what is flesh as his right arm, and whose heart withdraws from the 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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