2Ki 6:29 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 29. So we boiled my son ] This is horrible; but for the sake of humanity we must allow that the children died through hunger, and then became food for their starved, desperate parents. She hath hid her son. ] He was already dead, says Jarchi ; and she hid him, that she might eat him alone. This very evil Moses had foretold should come upon them if they forsook God; see . The same evil came upon this wretched people when besieged by Nebuchadnezzar; see . And also when Titus besieged Jerusalem; see Josephus , De Bell. Judaic. lib. vi., cap. 3, and Clarke's notes on "Mt 24:19" .

‏ 2 Kings 6:29

Verse 29. So we boiled my son] This is horrible; but for the sake of humanity we must allow that the children died through hunger, and then became food for their starved, desperate parents.

She hath hid her son.] He was already dead, says Jarchi; and she hid him, that she might eat him alone.

This very evil Moses had foretold should come upon them if they forsook God; see De 28:53, 57. The same evil came upon this wretched people when besieged by Nebuchadnezzar; see Eze 5:10. And also when Titus besieged Jerusalem; see Josephus, De Bell. Judaic. lib. vi., cap. 3, and Clarke's notes on "Mt 24:19".