2Ki 6:26 | MHM | STEP | v. 26-29 : As the king walked on the city wall, a woman cried out, " Help, my lord, O king! " (2 Kings 6:26 ). The king answered sadly, " If the L ORD does not help you, how can I help you? " (2 Kings 6:27 ). He had no food or wine to give. The woman then told a shocking story: she and her neighbor had agreed to eat their sons because of the famine. They ate her son, but now her neighbor was hiding her own child (2 Kings 6:28-29 ). This terrible act was a result of extreme hunger and was actually warned about in God’s law as a punishment for sin (Deuteronomy 28:53-57 ).

‏ 2 Kings 6:26

v. 26-29: As the king walked on the city wall, a woman cried out, "Help, my lord, O king!" (2 Kings 6:26 ^a). The king answered sadly, "If the LORD does not help you, how can I help you?" (2 Kings 6:27 ^b). He had no food or wine to give. The woman then told a shocking story: she and her neighbor had agreed to eat their sons because of the famine. They ate her son, but now her neighbor was hiding her own child (2 Kings 6:28-29 ^c). This terrible act was a result of extreme hunger and was actually warned about in God’s law as a punishment for sin (Deuteronomy 28:53-57 ^d).