2 Kings 6:26
World English Bible (WEB)
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”
In context
24 After this, 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 the LORD doesn’t help you, where could I get help for you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”
28 Then the king asked her, “What is your problem?” 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 every translation
- 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!”
- 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.
- 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.