2 Kings 6:26
King James Version (KJV)
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
24 And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad 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 help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
28 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.
2 Kings 6:26 in every translation
- KJV 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
- ASV American Standard 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And 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.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And 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!
- WBS Webster Bible
- And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.