2 Kings 6:28

Translations

Modern

Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’

Traditional

And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.

Literal

And the king said to her, “What is troubling you?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him today, and my son we will eat tomorrow.’

Latin

Mulier ista dixit mihi: Da filium tuum, ut comedamus eum hodie, et filium meum comedemus cras.

Original

Hebrew

English

Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’

Notes

2 Kings 6:26–29

Cannibalism (the act of eating human flesh) in extreme times was part of God’s warning of judgment for unfaithfulness and disobedience (Deuteronomy 28:53, 57). It also happened during the siege that led to Jerusalem's fall (Lamentations 4:9–10).

Theme notes and profiles

Elijah Elisha Famine

Events

Prophecies of Elisha

Related verses

2 Samuel 14:5
“What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.
Lamentations 4:10
The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Luke 23:29
Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’
Judges 18:23
When they called out after them, the Danites turned to face them and said to Micah, “What is the matter with you that you have called out such a company?”
Leviticus 26:29
You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.
Deuteronomy 28:53–57
Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.
Isaiah 49:15
“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!
Isaiah 9:20–21
They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.
Psalm 114:5
Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
Genesis 21:17
Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.
Matthew 24:18–21
And let no one in the field return for his cloak.
Isaiah 22:1
This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,

Glossary

Elisha Kings, Books of First and Second Samaria Sons of the Prophets Warfare

Topics

Ancient Samaria: Samaria the Capital of Suffered Severely from Famine Armies: March in Ranks of Samaria Cannibalism: General Scriptures Concerning Famine in Canaan Famine: Cannibalism In Famine: Things Eaten During: Human Flesh Israel: The City of Samaria Besieged Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: Cannibalism Among the People of Israel Samaria: City of, Built by Omri: Besieged by Ben-Hadad Siege: Cannibalism During A Siege: Distress of the Inhabitants During A Sieges: Cities Invested by Often Suffered from Famine Syria: Besieged Samaria Again Women: The Cannibalistic Mothers of Samaria

2 Kings 6:28

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