26. One day, as the king of Israel was walking on the city wall, a woman cried out to him, “Save us, my lord king!”
27. He replied, “If the Lord does not save you, where could I find means to save you? On the threshing floor? In the wine press?”
28. Then the king asked her, “What is your trouble?” She replied: “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son that we may eat him today; then tomorrow we will eat my son.’