2 Kings 6:26

26 Now as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O 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 Afterward Ben-hadad king of Syria mustered his entire army and went up and besieged Samaria.

25 And there was a great famine in Samaria, as they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver.

26 Now as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king! ”

27 And he said, “If the Lord will not help you, how shall I help you? From the threshing floor, or from the winepress? ”

28 And the king asked her, “What is your trouble? ” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow. ’