2 Kings 6:28

The king said to her, "What ails you?"She answered, "This woman said to me, 'Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.'

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In The King James Version

And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.

In Context

27He said, "If the Lord doesn't help you, from where could I help you? From of the threshing floor, or from the winepress?"

29So we boiled my son, and ate him: and I said to her on the next day, 'Give your son, that we may eat him;' and she has hidden her son."

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:29You will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will eat the flesh of your daughters.

Judges 18:23They cried to the children of Dan. They turned their faces, and said to Micah, "What's wrong with you, that you come with such a company?"

2 Samuel 14:5The king said to her, "What ails you?"She answered, "Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

Isaiah 9:20One will devour on the right hand, and be hungry;and he will eat on the left hand, and they will not be satisfied.Everyone will eat the flesh of his own arm:

Isaiah 49:15"Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!

Ezekiel 5:10Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of you, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on you; and the whole remnant of you will I scatter to all the winds.'

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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