2 Kings 6:33
And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
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Genesis 4:13And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
1 Samuel 28:6And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
2 Kings 3:10And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD has called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
Job 1:21And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
Job 2:9Then said his wife unto him, Do you still retain yours integrity? curse God, and die.
Psalms 27:14Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen yours heart: wait, I say, on 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 →