2 Kings 6:26

26 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, there cried a woman 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 It happened after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

25 There was a great famine in Samaria: and, 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, there cried a woman to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

27 He said, If Yahweh doesn't help you, whence shall I help you? out of the threshing floor, or out of the winepress?

28 The king said to her, What ails you? She answered, This woman said to me, Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.