2 Kings 6:27

And he said to her, Unless the Lord help you, whence shall I help you? from the corn-floor, or from the wine-press?

LXX2012 (US English)

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 the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, and a woman cried to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

28And the king said to her, What is the matter with you? And the woman said to him, This woman said to me, Give your son, and we will eat him today, and we will eat my son to-morrow.

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Cross References

Psalms 62:8My soul has + 62:8 Gr. been glued. kept very close behind you: your right hand has upheld me. 1

Psalms 124:1They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he that dwells in Jerusalem shall never be moved. 1

Psalms 146:3He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. 1

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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