2 Kings 6:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him: and she has hidden her son.

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  • Lev 26:29 : 29 And you shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall you eat.
  • Deut 28:53 : 53 And you shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and your daughters, which the LORD your God has given you, in the siege, and in the distress, with which your enemies shall distress you:
  • Deut 28:57 : 57 And toward her young one that comes out from between her feet, and toward her children who she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and distress, with which your enemy shall distress you in your gates.
  • 1 Kgs 3:26 : 26 Then the woman whose the living child was, spoke to the king, for her heart yearned for her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and do not kill it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor yours, but divide it.
  • Isa 49:15 : 15 Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, they may forget, yet I will not forget you.
  • Isa 66:13 : 13 As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

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  • 2 Kgs 6:28
    93%

    28And the king said to her, What troubles 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.

  • 2 Kgs 6:30-31
    2 verses
    79%

    30And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes; and he passed by on the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his flesh.

    31Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him today.

  • Lev 26:29
    77%

    29And you shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall you eat.

  • 1 Kgs 3:19-23
    5 verses
    76%

    19And this woman's child died in the night, because she lay on it.

    20And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your servant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

    21And when I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, it was dead; but when I considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I had borne.

    22And the other woman said, No; but the living is my son, and the dead is your son. And this said, No; but the dead is your son, and the living is my son. Thus they spoke before the king.

    23Then the king said, The one says, This is my son that lives, and your son is the dead; and the other says, No; but your son is the dead, and my son is the living.

  • Lam 4:10
    74%

    10The hands of the compassionate women have cooked their own children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

  • 2 Sam 14:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6And your maidservant had two sons, and the two fought together in the field, and there was none to separate them, but one struck the other, and killed him.

    7And, behold, the whole family has risen against your maidservant, and they said, Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall extinguish my last remaining ember, and shall not leave to my husband either name or remnant on the earth.

  • 1 Kgs 3:25-27
    3 verses
    73%

    25And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

    26Then the woman whose the living child was, spoke to the king, for her heart yearned for her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and do not kill it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor yours, but divide it.

    27Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and do not kill it: she is the mother thereof.

  • Jer 19:9
    72%

    9And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend during the siege and distress, with which their enemies, and those who seek their lives, shall distress them.

  • Mic 3:3
    72%

    3Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, like meat for the pot, and like flesh within the cauldron.

  • 1 Kgs 17:17-20
    4 verses
    72%

    17And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe, that there was no breath left in him.

    18And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to remind me of my sin, and to kill my son?

    19And he said to her, Give me your son. And he took him out of her arms, and carried him up into the loft where he stayed, and laid him upon his own bed.

    20And he cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, have You also brought calamity upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?

  • 2 Kgs 9:33-34
    2 verses
    71%

    33And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trampled her underfoot.

    34And when he had come in, he ate and drank, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.

  • Deut 28:53
    71%

    53And you shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and your daughters, which the LORD your God has given you, in the siege, and in the distress, with which your enemies shall distress you:

  • Deut 28:55-57
    3 verses
    71%

    55So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he has nothing left him in the siege, and in the distress, with which your enemies shall distress you in all your gates.

    56The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

    57And toward her young one that comes out from between her feet, and toward her children who she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and distress, with which your enemy shall distress you in your gates.

  • 1 Kgs 17:11-13
    3 verses
    70%

    11And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Please, bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.

    12And she said, As the LORD your God lives, I do not have a cake, but only a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a jar: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

    13And Elijah said to her, Fear not; go and do as you have said: but make a little cake for me first, and bring it to me, and afterward, make some for you and your son.

  • 2 Kgs 3:27
    70%

    27Then he took his eldest son, who was to reign in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel, and they departed from him and returned to their own land.

  • 1 Sam 28:24
    69%

    24The woman had a fat calf in the house; she hurried, killed it, and took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.

  • Ezek 16:20-21
    2 verses
    69%

    20Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and these have you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Is this of your whoredoms a small matter,

    21That you have slain my children and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?

  • Gen 27:13
    69%

    13And his mother said to him, Let your curse be on me, my son: only obey my voice, and go get them for me.

  • Gen 27:17
    69%

    17And she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

  • 2 Sam 12:21
    68%

    21His servants said to him, What is this you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive; but when the child died, you arose and ate.

  • 2 Kgs 4:40-41
    2 verses
    68%

    40So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating the stew, that they cried out, and said, O you man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat of it.

    41But he said, Then bring flour. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.

  • 1 Kgs 19:21
    68%

    21And he returned from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah and ministered to him.

  • Zech 11:9
    68%

    9Then I said, I will not feed you. Let what dies die, and what is to be cut off, let it be cut off. Let those that remain eat each other's flesh.

  • 2 Kgs 6:26
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    26And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

  • 1 Sam 14:28
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    28Then one of the people said, "Your father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food today.'" And the people were faint.

  • 2 Kgs 4:19
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    19And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

  • 2 Sam 13:5
    68%

    5And Jonadab said to him, Lie down on your bed, and pretend to be sick: and when your father comes to see you, say to him, Please let my sister Tamar come, and give me some food, and dress it in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.

  • 1 Sam 9:23
    68%

    23And Samuel said to the cook, Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I said to you, Set it aside.

  • Gen 27:8
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    8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to what I command you.

  • 1 Sam 2:15
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    15Also, before they burned the fat, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who sacrificed, Give meat to roast for the priest, for he will not take boiled meat from you, but raw.

  • Job 6:7
    67%

    7The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful food.