2 Kings 6:24-33
1599 Geneva Bible
24 But afterward Ben-Hadad king of Aram gathered all his host, and went up and besieged Samaria.
25 So there was a great famine in Samaria: for lo, they besieged it until an asses head was at four score pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s [a]dung at five pieces of silver.
26 And as the king of Israel was going upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O King.
27 And he said, Seeing the Lord doth not succor thee, how should I help thee with the [b]barn, or with the wine press?
28 Also the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow,
29 (A)So we sod my son, and did eat him: and I said to her the day after, Give thy son, that we may eat him, but she hath hid her son.
30 And when the king had heard the words of the woman, he rent his clothes, (and as he went upon the wall, the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth [c]within [d]upon his flesh)
31 And he said, God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
32 (Now Elisha sat in his house, and the Elders sat with him.) And the King sent a man before him: but before the messenger came to him, he said to the Elders, See ye not how this [e]murderer’s son hath sent to take away mine head? take heed when the messenger cometh, and shut the door, and handle him roughly at the door: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?
33 While he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him, and said, Behold, this evil cometh of the Lord: [f]should I attend on the Lord any longer?
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- 2 Kings 6:25 The Hebrews write, that they burned it in the siege for lack of wood.
- 2 Kings 6:27 Meaning, any kind of vittle, as corn and wine, etc.
- 2 Kings 6:30 Or, under his clothes.
- 2 Kings 6:30 Thus hypocrites when they feel God’s judgments, think to please him with outward ceremonies, whom in prosperity they will not know.
- 2 Kings 6:32 Meaning, Jehoram Ahab’s son, who killed the Prophets, and caused Naboth to be stoned.
- 2 Kings 6:33 So the wicked fall into a rage and desperation, if they find not sudden remedy against their afflictions.
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