2 Kings 6:27

Contextual Overview

²⁴Some time later, King Ben-hadad of Aram brought all his military units together and marched up and laid siege to Samaria. ²⁴ It happened after this, that Ben-Hadad king of Aram gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Shomron. ²⁴ And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. ²⁴ Afterward Ben-hadad king of Syria mustered his entire army and went up and besieged Samaria. ²⁴ Later, Ben-Hadad king of Aram gathered his whole army and surrounded and attacked Samaria. ²⁴ Later King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled his entire army and attacked and besieged Samaria. ²⁴But it came about after this, that Ben-hadad king of Aram (Syria) gathered his whole army together and went up and besieged Samaria. ²⁴ Now it came about after this, that Ben-hadad the king of Aram gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria. ²⁴ But afterward Ben-hadad King of Aram gathered all his hoste, and went vp, and besieged Samaria. ²⁴Now it happened afterwards, that Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his military camp and went up and besieged Samaria.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

If the Lord: etc. or, Let not the Lord save thee

whence: Psalms 60:11, Psalms 62:8, Psalms 118:8, Psalms 118:9, Psalms 124:1-3, Psalms 127:1, Psalms 146:3, Isaiah 2:2, Jeremiah 17:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 41:16 - It is not Numbers 18:27 - the corn Deuteronomy 28:8 - storehouses 1 Samuel 28:16 - Wherefore 2 Kings 4:2 - What shall I Job 21:4 - if it were Psalms 107:12 - and there Ecclesiastes 10:13 - beginning

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said, if the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee?.... Mistaking her meaning, as if she prayed him to relieve her hunger; the margin of our Bible is, "let not the Lord save thee"; and so some understand it as a wish that she might perish; and so Josephus o, that being wroth, he cursed her in the name of God:

out of the barn floor, or out of the winepress? when neither of them afforded anything; no corn was to be had from the one, nor wine from the other, no, not for his own use, and therefore how could he help her out of either?

o Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 9. c. 4. sect. 4.)

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If the Lord do not help - The translation in the text is decidedly better than the marginal rendering. Some prefer to render - “Nay ... let Jehovah help thee. Whence, shall I help thee?”

Out of the barnfloor ... - The king means that both were empty - that he had no longer any food in store; and therefore could not help the woman. Compare Hosea 9:2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 27. If the Lord do not help thee — Some read this as an imprecation, May God save thee not! how can I save thee?