2 Kings 6:26
Good News Translation
The king of Israel was walking by on the city wall when a woman cried out, "Help me, Your Majesty!"

New Revised Standard Version
Now as the king of Israel was walking on the city wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help, my lord king!”

Contemporary English Version
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!"

New American Bible
One day, as the king of Israel was walking on the city wall, a woman cried out to him, “Save us, my lord king!”

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

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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.

Help, my lord

2 Samuel 14:4 And when the woman of Thecua was come in to the king, she fell before him upon the ground, and worshipped, and said: Save me, O king.

Isaiah 10:3 What will you do in the day of visitation, and of the calamity which cometh from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

Luke 18:3 And there was a certain widow in that city; and she came to him, saying: Avenge me of my adversary.

Acts 21:28 Men of Israel, help: This is the man that teacheth all men every where against the people and the law and this place; and moreover hath brought in Gentiles into the temple and hath violated this holy place.

Context
The Siege and Famine of Samaria
25And there was a great famine in Samaria: and so long did the siege continue, till the head of an ass was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cabe of pigeons' dung, for five pieces of silver. 26And as the king of Israel was passing by the wall, a certain woman cried out to him, saying: Save me, my lord, O king.27And he said: If the Lord doth not save thee, how can I save thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? And the king said to her: What aileth thee? And she answered:…
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:4
And when the woman of Thecua was come in to the king, she fell before him upon the ground, and worshipped, and said: Save me, O king.

2 Kings 6:25
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and so long did the siege continue, till the head of an ass was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cabe of pigeons' dung, for five pieces of silver.

2 Kings 6:27
And he said: If the Lord doth not save thee, how can I save thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? And the king said to her: What aileth thee? And she answered:

2 Kings 6:25
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