2 Kings 6:29

29 So we boiled my son and ate him. And I said unto her on the next day, `Give thy son, that we may eat him'; and she hath hid her son."

2 Kings 6:29 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 6:29

So we boiled my son, and did eat him
Thus what was predicted, by way of threatening, began to be accomplished, ( Deuteronomy 28:53 ) , (See Gill on Deuteronomy 28:53), and of which there were other instances of a like kind at the siege of Jerusalem, both by Nebuchadnezzar and Vespasian:

and I said unto her on the next day;
after her child had been wholly ate up:

give thy son, that we may eat him;
according to agreement:

and she hath hid her son;
either to save him alive, or to eat him herself alone.

2 Kings 6:29 In-Context

27 And he said, "If the LORD do not help thee, from whence shall I help thee? Out of the barn floor or out of the wine press?"

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 today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.'

29 So we boiled my son and ate him. And I said unto her on the next day, `Give thy son, that we may eat him'; and she hath hid her son."

30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

31 Then he said, "God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day."