Treasury of Scripture Knowledge So we boiled my son, and ate him. And I said to her on the next day: Give thy son, that we may eat him. And she hath hid her son. next [heb] other 1 Kings 3:26 But the woman, whose child was alive, said to the king; (for her bowels were moved upon her child) I beseech thee, my lord, give her the child alive, and do not kill it. But the other said: Let it be neither mine nor thine; but divide it. Isaiah 49:15 Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to have pity on the son of her womb? and if she should forget, yet will not I forget thee. Isaiah 66:13 As one whom the mother caresseth, so will I comfort you, and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. Context The Siege and Famine of Samaria…28This woman said to me: Give thy son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow. 29So we boiled my son, and ate him. And I said to her on the next day: Give thy son, that we may eat him. And she hath hid her son.30When the king heard this, he rent his garments, and passed by upon the wall. And all the people saw the haircloth which he wore within next to his flesh.… Cross References Leviticus 26:27 But if you will not for all this hearken to me, but will walk against me Leviticus 26:29 So that you shall eat the flesh of your sons and of your daughters. Deuteronomy 28:52 And consume thee in all thy cities, and thy strong and high wall be brought down, wherein thou trustedst in all thy land. Thou shalt be besieged within thy gates in all thy land which the Lord thy God will give thee: Deuteronomy 28:53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thy womb, and the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, in the distress and extremity wherewith thy enemy shall oppress thee. Deuteronomy 28:57 And the filth of the afterbirths, that come forth from between her thighs, and the children that are born the same hour. For they shall eat them secretly for the want of all things, in the siege and distress, wherewith thy enemy shall oppress thee within thy gates. Lamentations 4:10 Jod. The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people. Lexicon So we boiledוַנְּבַשֵּׁ֥ל (wan·nə·ḇaš·šêl) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 1310: To boil up, cooking, to ripen my son בְּנִ֖י (bə·nî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son and ate him, וַנֹּֽאכְלֵ֑הוּ (wan·nō·ḵə·lê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat and the next הָאַחֵ֗ר (hā·’a·ḥêr) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 312: Hinder, next, other day בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day I said וָאֹמַ֨ר (wā·’ō·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say to her, אֵלֶ֜יהָ (’ê·le·hā) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to ‘Give up תְּנִ֤י (tə·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set your son, בְּנֵךְ֙ (bə·nêḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son and we will eat him.’ וְנֹ֣אכְלֶ֔נּוּ (wə·nō·ḵə·len·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat But she has hidden וַתַּחְבִּ֖א (wat·taḥ·bi) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2244: To withdraw, hide her son.” בְּנָֽהּ׃ (bə·nāh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son Additional Translations So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, and we will eat him.’ But she has hidden her son.”So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him: and she has hid her son. 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. So we boiled my son, and ate him; and I said to her on the second day, Give thy son, and let us eat him: and she has hidden her son. And we boiled my son, and ate him: and I said to her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him; and she has hidden her son. 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. So we boiled my son, and ate him: and I said to her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son. So we boiled my son, and ate him: and I said to her on the next day, 'Give your son, that we may eat him;' and she has hidden her son." 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.' 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