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2 Kings 6:26 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, "Help me, my lord the king!"
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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_kings/6.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter"> (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_kings/6.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_kings/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />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!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Now as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then, as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, “Help, my lord the king!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall a woman cried out to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall a woman cried out to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, “Save, my lord, O king!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />As the king of Israel (Jehoram) was passing by on the [city] wall a woman cried out to him, “Help, my lord, O king!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “My lord the king, help! ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “My lord the king, help!” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />One day as the king of Israel was walking along the top of the city wall, a woman shouted to him, "Please, Your Majesty, help me!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />As the king of Israel was walking on the city wall, a woman cried to him, "Help me, Your Majesty!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The king of Israel was walking by on the city wall when a woman cried out, "Help me, Your Majesty!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />While the king of Israel was walking along the city wall, a woman cried out to him. "Help me, your majesty!" she said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, ?Help me, my lord the king!?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />While the king of Israel was passing by on the city wall, a woman shouted to him, "Help us, my master, O king!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, "Help, my lord, O king."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And it comes to pass, the king of Israel is passing by on the wall, and a woman has cried to him, saying, “Save, my lord, O king.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And it cometh to pass, the king of Israel is passing by on the wall, and a woman hath cried unto him, saying, 'Save, my lord, O king.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the king of Israel will be passing by upon the wall, and a woman cried out to him, saying, Save, O lord the king.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And as the king of Israel was passing by the wall, a certain woman cried out to him, saying: Save me, my lord O king. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And as the king of Israel was passing by the wall, a certain woman cried out to him, saying, “Save me, my lord the king!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />One day, as the king of Israel was walking on the city wall, a woman cried out to him, “Save us, my lord king!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Now as the king of Israel was walking on the city wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help, my lord king!”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman to him, saying, Help me, my lord, O king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the King of Israel was passing by on the wall, and one woman cried out before him and said: “Save me, my Lord King!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying: 'Help, my lord, O king.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, and a woman cried to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/6-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=2083" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/6.htm">The Siege and Famine of Samaria</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: me·leḵ (N-msc) -- King. From malak; a king.">As the king</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ‘ō·ḇêr (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">was passing by</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/2346.htm" title="2346: ha·ḥō·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- A wall. Feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection.">the wall,</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: wə·’iš·šāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">a woman</a> <a href="/hebrew/6817.htm" title="6817: ṣā·‘ă·qāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To cry, cry out, call. A primitive root; to shriek; to proclaim.">cried out</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- To, into, towards. ">to him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3467.htm" title="3467: hō·wō·šî·‘āh (V-Hifil-Imp-ms:: 3fs) -- To deliver. A primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. to be safe; causatively, to free or succor.">“Help me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/113.htm" title="113: ’ă·ḏō·nî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Lord. Or adon; from an unused root; sovereign, i.e. Controller.">my lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: ham·me·leḵ (Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">the king!”</a> </span><span class="reftext">27</span>He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Deuteronomy 28:53-57</a></span><br />Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you. / The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived, / refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-10.htm">Lamentations 4:10</a></span><br />The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-29.htm">Leviticus 26:29</a></span><br />You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9</a></span><br />I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/5-10.htm">Ezekiel 5:10</a></span><br />As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/25-3.htm">2 Kings 25:3</a></span><br />By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/7-12.htm">2 Kings 7:12</a></span><br />So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-1.htm">2 Kings 4:1</a></span><br />Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/18-27.htm">2 Kings 18:27</a></span><br />But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/25-2.htm">2 Kings 25:2-3</a></span><br />And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year. / By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/3-16.htm">1 Kings 3:16-28</a></span><br />At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. / One woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house. / On the third day after I gave birth, this woman also had a baby. We were alone, with no one in the house but the two of us. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-20.htm">Isaiah 9:20</a></span><br />They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/52-6.htm">Jeremiah 52:6</a></span><br />By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-19.htm">Matthew 24:19</a></span><br />How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-23.htm">Luke 21:23</a></span><br />How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, there cried a woman to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.</p><p class="hdg">Help, my lord</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/14-4.htm">2 Samuel 14:4</a></b></br> And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-3.htm">Isaiah 10:3</a></b></br> And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation <i>which</i> shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/18-3.htm">Luke 18:3</a></b></br> And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/6-5.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-23.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-2.htm">Help</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-23.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-9.htm">Passing</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-2.htm">Save</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-10.htm">Wall</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/7-11.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-11.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-27.htm">Help</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-6.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-30.htm">Passing</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-27.htm">Save</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-30.htm">Wall</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/6-1.htm">Elisha, allowing the young prophets to enlarge dwellings, floats an axhead</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/6-8.htm">He discloses the king of Syria's counsel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/6-13.htm">The army which was sent to Dothan to apprehend Elisha, is blinded</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/6-19.htm">Being brought into Samaria, they are dismissed in peace</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/6-24.htm">The famine in Samaria causes women to eat their own children</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/6-30.htm">The king sends to slay Elisha</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_kings/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall</b><br>This phrase sets the scene during a time of great distress in Samaria, the capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. The king mentioned here is likely King Jehoram (also known as Joram), son of Ahab. The city was under siege by the Arameans, leading to severe famine. The wall signifies the city's defense, and the king's presence there indicates his concern for the city's security and morale. Historically, city walls were crucial for protection, and leaders often inspected them during sieges. This reflects the dire situation and the king's active involvement in the crisis.<p><b>a woman cried out to him</b><br>The woman's cry highlights the desperation and suffering of the people during the siege. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, women were often the most vulnerable during times of war and famine. Her cry is a poignant reminder of the human cost of conflict and the king's responsibility to his people. This moment echoes other biblical instances where individuals cry out to leaders or God in times of distress, such as the Israelites in Egypt (<a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">Exodus 2:23</a>).<p><b>“Help me, my lord the king!”</b><br>The plea for help underscores the king's role as a judge and protector of his people. In theocratic Israel, the king was seen as God's representative, responsible for justice and welfare. The woman's address, "my lord the king," shows respect and acknowledges his authority. This plea can be compared to other biblical cries for deliverance, such as the psalmist's appeals to God for help (<a href="/psalms/121.htm">Psalm 121:1-2</a>). It also foreshadows the ultimate deliverance found in Jesus Christ, who is often called upon for help and salvation in the New Testament (e.g., <a href="/matthew/15-25.htm">Matthew 15:25</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_king_of_israel.htm">The King of Israel</a></b><br>At this time, the king is likely Jehoram (also known as Joram), the son of Ahab. He is depicted as a ruler facing a dire situation in Samaria due to a siege by the Arameans.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_woman.htm">The Woman</a></b><br>An unnamed woman who cries out to the king for help, representing the desperation and suffering of the people during the siege.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/samaria.htm">Samaria</a></b><br>The capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, which is under siege by the Arameans, leading to severe famine and desperation among its inhabitants.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_siege.htm">The Siege</a></b><br>The Arameans have besieged Samaria, causing extreme famine and hardship, leading to desperate acts among the people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wall.htm">The Wall</b></a></b><br>The location where the king is walking, symbolizing the boundary and defense of the city, but also the place where the cries of the people reach him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/desperation_in_crisis.htm">Desperation in Crisis</a></b><br>The woman's cry to the king highlights the desperation that can arise in times of severe crisis. It serves as a reminder of the human tendency to seek help from earthly authorities when in distress.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/limitations_of_human_leadership.htm">Limitations of Human Leadership</a></b><br>The king's inability to provide a solution underscores the limitations of human leadership and the need to turn to God for ultimate deliverance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/m/moral_and_spiritual_decay.htm">Moral and Spiritual Decay</a></b><br>The context of the siege reveals how extreme circumstances can lead to moral and spiritual decay, challenging believers to maintain faith and integrity even in dire situations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_provision.htm">God's Sovereignty and Provision</a></b><br>While human leaders may fail, God's sovereignty and provision remain steadfast. Believers are encouraged to trust in God's timing and methods of deliverance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/compassion_and_intercession.htm">Compassion and Intercession</a></b><br>The king's encounter with the woman calls believers to be compassionate and intercede for those in distress, reflecting God's heart for the suffering.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_cannibalism.htm">What does the Bible say about cannibalism?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_are_believers_god's_temple_without_proof.htm">In 2 Corinthians 6:16, how can the believers be the temple of God without any tangible, verifiable sign beyond personal conviction?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/proof_of_samaria's_siege_and_cannibalism.htm">2 Kings 6:24-29: Is there any historical or archaeological proof of Samaria's siege and reported cannibalism?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/define_apostolic_action..htm">What is Jericho's significance in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">The king . . . was passing by upon the wall.</span>--On the broad rampart of the city, which was like that which we see at such old places as Chester. The king went round to encourage the garrison and to superintend the defence. A woman in the street below, or perhaps on a housetop near the rampart, appeals to him for justice against her neighbour.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 26.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And as the King of Israel was passing by upon the wall.</span> The wall of Babylon is said to have been so broad at the top that a four-horse chariot could turn round on it (Herod., 1:179). All ancient cities had walls upon which a great part of the garrison stood, and from which they shot their arrows and worked their engines against the assailants. From time to time the commandant of the place - the king himself, in this instance - would mount upon the wall to visit the posts, and inspect the state of the garrison, or observe the movements of the enemy. <span class="cmt_word">There cried a woman unto him.</span> Houses sometimes abutted on the wall of a town (see <a href="/joshua/2-15.htm">Joshua 2:15</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/19-12.htm">1 Samuel 19:12</a>, etc.), and women sometimes took part in their defense (<a href="/judges/9-53.htm">Judges 9:53</a>), so that in visiting the posts a commandant might be brought into contact with women. <span class="cmt_word">Saying, Help, my lord, O king</span>; rather, <span class="accented">save</span>, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "preserve me from perishing of hunger." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/6-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">As the king</span><br /><span class="heb">מֶ֣לֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(me·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was passing by</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹבֵ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·ḇêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the wall,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחֹמָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥō·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2346.htm">Strong's 2346: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wall of protection</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a woman</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִשָּׁ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’iš·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cried out</span><br /><span class="heb">צָעֲקָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṣā·‘ă·qāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6817.htm">Strong's 6817: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shriek, to proclaim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to him,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלָיו֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Help me,</span><br /><span class="heb">הוֹשִׁ֖יעָה</span> <span class="translit">(hō·wō·šî·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3467.htm">Strong's 3467: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my lord</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_113.htm">Strong's 113: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sovereign, controller</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the king!”</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ham·me·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/6-26.htm">2 Kings 6:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/6-26.htm">2 Kings 6:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/6-26.htm">2 Kings 6:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/6-26.htm">2 Kings 6:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/6-26.htm">2 Kings 6:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/6-26.htm">2 Kings 6:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/6-26.htm">2 Kings 6:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/6-26.htm">2 Kings 6:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/6-26.htm">2 Kings 6:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-26.htm">2 Kings 6:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/6-26.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 6:26 As the king of Israel was passing (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/6-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 6:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 6:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/6-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 6:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 6:27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>