2 Kings 6:26

26 As the king of Isra'el was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, "Help, my lord, king!"

2 Kings 6:26 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 6:26

And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall
To spy out the motion and situation of the enemy, and to give orders for the annoyance of them, and to see that his soldiers did their duty:

there cried a woman to him, saying, help, my lord, O king;
desired his assistance and help in a cause depending between her and another woman.

2 Kings 6:26 In-Context

24 But some time afterwards, Ben-Hadad king of Aram gathered all his army, went up and laid siege to Shomron.

25 At the time, there was a severe famine in Shomron; and they maintained their siege until a donkey's head sold for eighty pieces of silver and half a pint of doves' dung for five pieces of silver.

26 As the king of Isra'el was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, "Help, my lord, king!"

27 He said, "If ADONAI isn't helping you, how do you expect me to help you? There isn't any grain, and there isn't any wine."

28 Then the king asked her, "What's troubling you?" She answered, "This woman said to me, 'Give me your son, so that we can eat him today; and we'll eat my son tomorrow.'