2 Kings 6:26

26 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”

2 Kings 6:26 in Other Translations

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.

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!"

26 One day as the king of Israel was walking along the wall of the city, a woman called to him, “Please help me, my lord the king!”

26 One day the king of Israel was walking along the city wall. A woman cried out, "Help! Your majesty!"

26 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, "My lord the king, help!"

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 Some time later, Ben-Hadad king of Aram mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege to Samaria.

25 There was a great famine in the city; the siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter of a cab of seed pods for five shekels.

26 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”

27 The king replied, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing floor? From the winepress?”

28 Then he asked her, “What’s the matter?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son so we may eat him today, and tomorrow we’ll eat my son.’