2 Kings 6:29

she hath hid her son. — Perhaps to save him. (Comp. 1 Kings 3:26.)

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We boiled — A dreadful judgment threatened to them in case of their apostacy, Deuteronomy 28:56-57 , in which they were now deeply plunged.

²⁹ So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the nextg day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Kings 6:29