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2 Kings 6:26

Contemporary English Version 1995

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!”

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The woman from Tekoa went to David. She bowed very low and said, “Your Majesty, please help me!”

They were shouting, “Friends, help us! This man goes around everywhere, saying bad things about our nation and about the Law of Moses and about this temple. He has even brought shame to this holy temple by bringing in Gentiles.”

In that same town there was a widow who kept going to the judge and saying, “Make sure that I get fair treatment in court.”

But what will you do when you are fiercely attacked and punished by foreigners? Where will you run for help? Where will you hide your valuables?

They kept up the attack until there was nothing to eat in the city. In fact, a donkey's head cost 80 pieces of silver, and a small bowl of pigeon droppings cost 5 pieces of silver.

“Let the Lord help you!” the king said. “Do you think I have grain or wine to give you?”

When the famine finally struck Egypt, the people asked the king for food, but he said, “Go to Joseph and do what he tells you to do.”




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