2 Kings 6:29 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 6:29

So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”

BSB

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ASV

So 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.

KJV

So 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.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

So we boiled my son, and did eat him,.... Thus what was predicted, by way of threatening, began to be accomplished, Deu 28:53; see Gill on Deu 28:53, and of which there were other instances of a like kind at the siege of Jerusalem, both by Nebuchadnezzar and Vespasian: and I said unto her on the next day; after her child had been wholly ate up: give thy son, that we may eat him; according to agreement: and she hath hid her son; either to save him alive, or to eat him herself alone.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The prophecy alluded to in the marginal references was now fulfilled, probably for the first time. It had a second accomplishment when Jerusalem was besieged by Nebuchadnezzar Lam 4:10, and a third in the final siege of the same city by Titus.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַנְּבַשֵּׁ֥ל	va.ne.va.Shel	and we cooked	H1310 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בְּנִ֖י	be.Ni	son my	H1121 →
וַנֹּֽאכְלֵ֑הוּ	va.no.khe.Le.hu	and we ate him	H398 →
וָאֹמַ֨ר	va.'o.Mar	and I said	H559 →
אֵלֶ֜יהָ	'e.Lei.ha	to her	H413 →
בַּיּ֣וֹם	bai.Yom	on the day	H3117 →
הָאַחֵ֗ר	ha.'a.Cher	<the> other	H312 →
תְּנִ֤י	te.Ni	give	H5414 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בְּנֵךְ֙	be.neKh	son your	H1121 →
וְנֹ֣אכְלֶ֔נּוּ	ve.No.khe.Le.nu	so we may eat him	H398 →
וַתַּחְבִּ֖א	va.tach.Bi'	and she had hidden	H2244 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בְּנָֽהּ׃	be.Nah	son her	H1121 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H312haacher<the> other166×

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 3:26
Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But…
leads to
- 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!
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 31:20
  Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares…
Through
Isaiah 66:13
As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 1:4
  who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
- Isaiah 51:3
  For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness…
- Isaiah 40:1
  “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:7
  On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.
- Psalms 137:6
  May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
Through
Deuteronomy 28:53
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…
leads to
- 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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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