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


In Context

23 He prepared great feast for them. When they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. The bands of Syria stopped raiding the land of Israel.

24 It happened after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.

25 There 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.

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

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

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.'

2 Kings 6:26 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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.