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26 As the king of Israel was walking on the city wall, a woman cried to him, “Help me, Your Majesty!”

27 He answered, “If Yahweh doesn’t help you, how can I help you? I can’t give you something from the threshing floor[a] or the winepress.” 28 Then the king asked her, “What’s the matter?”

She answered, “This woman told me, ‘Give up your son. Let’s eat him today. We’ll eat my son tomorrow.’

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 6:27 A threshing floor is an outdoor area where grain is separated from its husks.

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