2 Kings 6:27
And he said: If the Lord doth not save thee, how can I save thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? And the king said to her: What aileth thee? And she answered:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
28This woman said to me: Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
Cross References
Psalms 62:8In God is my salvation and my glory: he is the God of my help, and my hope is in God.
Psalms 124:1To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.
Psalms 146:3Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end.
Jeremiah 17:5Thus saith the Lord: Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth 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 →