2 Kings 6:29 (YLT)

Passage

and we boil my son and eat him, and I say unto her on the next day, Give thy son, and we eat him; and she hideth her son.'

Nearby Context

2 Kings 6:27 And he saith, `Jehovah doth not save thee--whence do I save thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the wine-vat?'

2 Kings 6:28 And the king saith to her, `What--to thee?' and she saith, `This woman said unto me, Give thy son, and we eat him to-day, and my son we eat to-morrow;

2 Kings 6:29 and we boil my son and eat him, and I say unto her on the next day, Give thy son, and we eat him; and she hideth her son.'

2 Kings 6:30 And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the words of the woman, that he rendeth his garments, and he is passing by on the wall, and the people see, and lo, the sackcloth <FI>is<Fi> on his flesh within.

2 Kings 6:31 And he saith, `Thus doth God do to me, and thus He doth add--if it remain--the head of Elisha son of Shaphat--upon him this day.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "boil", "next", "give", and "hideth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "boil" and "next", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 28's "And the king saith to her What--to..." into verse 30's "And it cometh to pass at the...", so "boil" and "next" belong inside that flow. In 2 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "boil" and "next" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.