When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; what he says to you, do.”
2 Kings 6:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Now as the king of Israel was walking on the city wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help, my lord king!” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 - Classic Edition As the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, a woman cried to him, Help, my lord, O king! American Standard Version (1901) And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. Common English Bible Israel’s king was passing by on the city wall when a woman appealed to him, “Help me, Your Majesty!” Catholic Public Domain Version 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!" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; what he says to you, do.”
When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance and said, “Help, O king!”
As the siege continued, famine in Samaria became so great that a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver and one-fourth of a kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver.
He said, “If the Lord does not help you, where would my help come from? From the threshing floor or from the winepress?”
What will you do on the day of punishment, in the calamity that will come from far away? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth,
In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my accuser.’
shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place; more than that, he has actually brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”