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2 Kings 6:29

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Kings 6:29

Verse 29 of 33

Scripture focus

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 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Kings 6:29

Theological / Devotional

We boiled my son. Israel had been warned by Moses that if they departed from God, they would be brought into just such straits, and that parents would eat the flesh of their own sons and daughters (Lev. 26:29; Deut. 28:53). This prophecy now met its awful fulfillment. God foresaw exactly what the fearful results of transgression would finally be, and He did everything that divine love and forbearance could do to prevent matters from coming to such a pass as this. Moses’ prophecy had another fulfillment when Jerusalem was besieged by Nebuchadnezzar (Lam. 4:10), and again in the final siege of the city by Titus (Josephus Wars vi. 3.4).

Hath hid her son. A more touching and yet horrible grievance can hardly be imagined. In their terrible plight the two mothers had entered into a shocking compact. The one son was already eaten, but the second mother could not bring herself to go through with her part of the bargain. To save her son, she had hidden him, and now the first woman sought to force her to produce him by an appeal to the king. What could be the king do in such a case as this?

By SdaBc