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2 Kings 6:26
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Syria Besieges Samaria in Famine

24 And it happened after this that aBen-Hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.  
25 And there was a great afamine in Samaria; and indeed they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and one-fourth of a1 kab of dove droppings for five shekels of silver.  
26 Then, 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 does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or from the winepress?”
28 Then the king said to her, “What is troubling you?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’
29 So awe boiled my son, and ate him. And I said to her on the next day, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him’; but she has hidden her son.”  
30 Now it happened, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he atore his clothes; and as he passed by on the wall, the people looked, and there underneath he had sackcloth on his body.  
31 Then he said, a“God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today!”  
Verse Comparison: 2 Kings 6:26

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American Standard Version
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

Amplified® Bible
As the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, a woman cried to him, Help, my lord, O king!

Contemporary English Version
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!"

Darby English Version
And it came to pass as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman to him saying, Help, my lord O king!

Good News Bible
The king of Israel was walking by on the city wall when a woman cried out, "Help me, Your Majesty!"

King James Version
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

New American Standard Bible
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall a woman cried out to him, saying, "Help, my lord, O king!"

New International Version
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, "Help me, my lord the king!"

New King James Version
Then, as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
As the king of Israel passed by on the wall a woman cried out to him, saying, "Help, my lord, O king!"

Revised Standard Version
Now as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, "Help, my lord, O king!"

Young's Literal Translation
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.'


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