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2 Kings 6:26

As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”

World English Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

25There was a great famine in Samaria. Behold, they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

27He said, “If the LORD doesn’t help you, where could I get help for you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”

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Cross References

Genesis 41:55When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do.”

Isaiah 10:3What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

Acts 21:28crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place!”

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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