And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
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Gill's Exposition
And the king said unto her, what aileth thee?.... His passion subsiding, or pitying her as in distress, and supposing that there might be something particular and pressing in her case:
and she…
Barnes' Notes
The walls of fortified towns had a broad space at the top, protected toward the exterior by battlements, along which the bulk of the defenders were disposed, and from which they hurled their missiles…
This last paragraph of this chapter should, of right, have been the first of the next chapter, for it begins a new story, which is there continued and concluded. Here is,
I. The siege which the king…
Cambridge Bible
the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall Making the necessary rounds to see that the watch was kept up, and everything done that could be done for the security of the city. Josephus says he was…