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2 Kings 6:26

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

KJV

Cumque rex Israël transiret per murum, mulier quædam exclamavit ad eum, dicens : Salva me, domine mi rex.

Vulgate

καὶ ἦν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ διαπορευόμενος ἐπὶ τοῦ τείχους, καὶ γυνὴ ἐβόησεν πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγουσα Σῶσον, κύριε βασιλεῦ.

LXX

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

ASV

וַֽ/יְהִי֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עֹבֵ֖ר עַל הַ/חֹמָ֑ה וְ/אִשָּׁ֗ה צָעֲקָ֤ה אֵלָי/ו֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר הוֹשִׁ֖יעָ/ה אֲדֹנִ֥/י הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
חוֹמָ֔ה
chvmh
noun · 128×
י
y
noun · 328×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יִּצְעַ֥ק
yts'q
verb · 55×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נִי
ny
verb · 204×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 4:2 — And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
  • 2Sam 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.
  • 2Sam 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.
  • Acts 21:28 — Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted
  • Isa 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?
  • Jer 19:9 — And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and th
  • Lam 4:3 — Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
  • Lam 4:10 — The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
  • Luke 18:3 — And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.