The time of hunger began, and the people cried to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh said to the Egyptian people, “Go ask Joseph what to do.”
2 Kings 6:26 - Easy To Read Version The king of Israel was walking on the wall around the city. A woman shouted out to him. The woman said, “My lord and king, please help me!” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
The time of hunger began, and the people cried to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh said to the Egyptian people, “Go ask Joseph what to do.”
Then the woman from Tekoa talked to the king. She bowed with her face to the ground. Then she said, “King, please help me!”
{The soldiers would not let people bring food into the city.} So there was a time of terrible hunger in Samaria. It was so bad in Samaria that a donkey’s head was sold for 80 pieces of silver. And one pint [70] of dove’s dung sold for five pieces of silver.
The king of Israel said, “If the Lord does not help you, how can I help you? {I have nothing to give to you—there is no grain} from the threshing floor [71] or {wine} from the winepress.”
Lawmakers, you will have to explain the things you have done. What will you do at that time? Your destruction is coming from a faraway country. Where will you run for help? Your money and your riches will not help you.
In that same town there was a woman. Her husband was dead. The woman came many times to this judge and said, ‘There is a man that is doing bad things to me. Give me my rights!’
They shouted, “You Jewish men, help us! This is the man who is teaching things that are against the law of Moses, against our people, and against this place (the temple). This man is teaching these things to all people everywhere. And now he has brought some Greek (non-Jewish) men into the temple yard! He has made this holy place unclean!”