- As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, "Help me, my lord the king!"
- The king replied, "If the LORD does not help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing floor? From the winepress?"
- Then he asked her, "What's the matter?" She answered, "This woman said to me, 'Give up your son so we may eat him today, and tomorrow we'll eat my son.'
- So we cooked my son and ate him. The next day I said to her, 'Give up your son so we may eat him,' but she had hidden him."
- When the king heard the woman's words, he tore his robes. As he went along the wall, the people looked, and there, underneath, he had sackcloth on his body.
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- As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall a woman cried out to him, saying, "Help, my lord, O king!"
- He said, "If the LORD does not help you, from where shall I help you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?"
- And the king said to her, "What is the matter with you?" And she answered, "This woman said to me, 'Give your son that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.'
- "So we boiled my son and ate him; and I said to her on the next day, 'Give your son, that we may eat him'; but she has hidden her son."
- When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes--now he was passing by on the wall--and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth beneath on his body.
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