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2 Kings 6:27

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25And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.Select 2 Kings 6:25

26And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.Select 2 Kings 6:26

27And he said, If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?Select 2 Kings 6:27

28And 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.Select 2 Kings 6:28

29So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.Select 2 Kings 6:29

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6:27 He said, “If Yahweh doesn’t help you, from where could I help you? From of the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”

ASV

6:27 And he said, If Jehovah do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress?

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