2 Kings 6:26
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 Living Translation
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!”

English Standard Version
Now as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”

Berean Standard Bible
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”

King James Bible
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 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!”

New American Standard Bible
And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, “Help, my lord the king!”

NASB 1995
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall a woman cried out to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”

NASB 1977
And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall a woman cried out to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”

Legacy Standard Bible
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, “Save, my lord, O king!”

Amplified Bible
As the king of Israel (Jehoram) was passing by on the [city] wall a woman cried out to him, “Help, my lord, O king!”

Christian Standard Bible
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “My lord the king, help! ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “My lord the king, help!”

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
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!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, and a woman cried to him, saying, 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!"

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

English Revised 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
As the king of Israel was walking on the city wall, a woman cried to him, "Help me, Your Majesty!"

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

International Standard Version
While the king of Israel was walking along the city wall, a woman cried out to him. "Help me, your majesty!" she said.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying: 'Help, my lord, O king.'

Literal Standard Version
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.”

Majority Standard Bible
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”

New American Bible
One day, as the king of Israel was walking on the city wall, a woman cried out to him, “Save us, my lord king!”

NET Bible
While the king of Israel was passing by on the city wall, a woman shouted to him, "Help us, my master, O king!"

New Revised Standard Version
Now as the king of Israel was walking on the city wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help, my lord king!”

New Heart English Bible
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, "Help, my lord, O king."

Webster's Bible Translation
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

World English Bible
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried 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.'

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Siege and Famine of Samaria
25So 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. 26 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!” 27He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”…

Cross References
2 Samuel 14:4
When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, "Help me, O king!"

2 Kings 6:25
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.

2 Kings 6:27
He answered, "If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?"


Treasury of Scripture

And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, there cried a woman to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

Help, my lord

2 Samuel 14:4
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.

Isaiah 10:3
And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

Luke 18:3
And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

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2 Kings 6
1. Elisha, allowing the young prophets to enlarge dwellings, floats an axhead
8. He discloses the king of Syria's counsel
13. The army which was sent to Dothan to apprehend Elisha, is blinded
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(26) The king . . . was passing by upon the wall.--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.

Verse 26. - And as the King of Israel was passing by upon the wall. 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. There cried a woman unto him. Houses sometimes abutted on the wall of a town (see Joshua 2:15; 1 Samuel 19:12, etc.), and women sometimes took part in their defense (Judges 9:53), so that in visiting the posts a commandant might be brought into contact with women. Saying, Help, my lord, O king; rather, save, i.e. "preserve me from perishing of hunger."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
As the king
מֶ֣לֶךְ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4428: A king

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

was passing by
עֹבֵ֖ר (‘ō·ḇêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the wall,
הַחֹמָ֑ה (ha·ḥō·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2346: A wall of protection

a woman
וְאִשָּׁ֗ה (wə·’iš·šāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

cried out
צָעֲקָ֤ה (ṣā·‘ă·qāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 6817: To shriek, to proclaim

to him,
אֵלָיו֙ (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

“Help me,
הוֹשִׁ֖יעָה (hō·wō·šî·‘āh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor

my lord
אֲדֹנִ֥י (’ă·ḏō·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

the king!”
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king


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