2 Kings 6:28 meaning and explanation

Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’

2 Kings 6:28, Berean Standard Bible

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During the siege of Samaria by Ben-hadad of Aram, famine inside the city became so severe that a woman appeals to the king for help. He asks what troubles her, and she describes an agreement with another woman to boil and eat their sons on successive days.

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