2 Kings 6:29

“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.”

"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." - 2 Kings 6:29
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What does 2 Kings 6:29 mean?

2 Kings 6:29 in the King James Version reads: "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." This verse is part of a larger passage that describes a severe famine in the land of Samaria…

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The Depths of Despair: A Reflection on 2 Kings 6:29

In 2 Kings 6:29, we find ourselves enmeshed in a narrative so harrowing that it evokes a visceral reaction: "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." This haunting statement…

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A Prayer for Compassion and Deliverance in Times of Desperation

O Lord, Eternal Father, who reigns above all in glory and majesty, we come before You with heavy hearts, burdened by the sorrow and desperation that permeates our world. In the darkness of despair, we reflect on the tragic words of 2 Kings 6:29, where the anguish of hunger and…

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1 Kings 6:29 - "And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without."
2 Kings 14:29 - "And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead."
1 Kings 6:29 – "He carved all the walls of the temple round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers."
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2 Kings 15:29 show the army and attack
2 Kings 9:29 - "And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah."
2 Kings 18:29 - "Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:"
2 Kings 15:6 - "And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"
2 Kings 25:29 - "And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life."
2 Kings 6:16 - "And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them."
"And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without." - 1 Kings 6:29
2 Kings 3:6 - "¶ And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel."
"And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead." - 2 Kings 14:29
1 Kings 2:29 - "And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him."
2 Kings 12:6 - "But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house."
2 Kings 17:29 - "Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt."
2 Kings 6:4 - "So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood."
2 Kings 6:6 - "And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim."
2 Kings 22:6 - "Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house."
2 Kings 25:6 - "So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him."
2 Kings 24:6 - "So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead."
2 Kings 10:29 - "¶ Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan."
2 Kings 6:7 - "Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it."
2 Kings 7:6 - "For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us."
2 Kings 6:8 - "¶ Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp."
2 Kings 15:29 - "In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria."
"And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah." - 2 Kings 9:29
2 Kings 6:26 - "And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king."