26As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, "Help me, my lord the king!"


In Context

23 So he prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. So the bands from Aram stopped raiding Israel's territory.

24 Some time later, Ben-Hadad king of Aram mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege to Samaria.

25 There was a great famine in the city; the siege lasted so long that a donkey's head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter of a cab of seed pods for five shekels.

26 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, "Help me, my lord the king!"

27 The king replied, "If the Lord does not help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing floor? From the winepress?"

28 Then he asked her, "What's the matter?" She answered, "This woman said to me, 'Give up your son so we may eat him today, and tomorrow we'll eat my son.'

2nd Kings 6:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:26And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:26And as the king of Israel was passing by the wall, a certain woman cried out to him, saying: Save me, my lord O king.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:26And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:26And it came to pass as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman to him saying, Help, my lord O king!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:26And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:26And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:26As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, |Help, my lord, O king!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:26And it cometh to pass, the king of Israel is passing by on the wall, and a woman hath cried unto him, saying, 'Save, my lord, O king.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:26And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, there cried a woman to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.