John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 6:28
And the king said unto her, what aileth thee ?.... His passion subsiding, or pitying her as in distress, and supposing that there might be something particular and pressing in her case: and she answered : this woman said unto me ; who was now with her, and to whom she pointed: give thy son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow ; and this was agreed to between them, that first one should be eaten, and then the other, and that they should feed upon one as long... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 6:24-33
This last paragraph of this chapter should, of right, have been the first of the next chapter, for it begins a new story, which is there continued and concluded. Here is, I. The siege which the king of Syria laid to Samaria and the great distress which the city was reduced to thereby. The Syrians had soon forgotten the kindnesses they had lately received in Samaria, and very ungratefully, for aught that appears without any provocation, sought the destruction of it, 2 Kgs. 6:24. There are base... read more