King James Version
And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.(2 Kings 6:24)
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.(2 Kings 6:25)
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.(2 Kings 6:26)
And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.(2 Kings 6:28)
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)
And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.(2 Kings 6:30)

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2 Kings 6:27 - Cross Reference

Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. (Psalm 127:1)
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. (Isaiah 2:2)
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. (Jeremiah 17:5)
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. (Psalm 146:3)
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. (Psalm 118:8)
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. (Psalm 60:11)
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; (Psalm 124:1)
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. (Psalm 62:8)