The king had assumed that the woman’s cry was for food. Her manner indicated that this was not the case. He therefore inquired what she wanted from…

And the king said. —When she had explained what she wanted. With the hideous facts here recorded, compare Deuteronomy 28:56 and fo…

And the king said unto her, what aileth thee ?
&c.] His passion subsiding, or pitying her as in distress, and suppos…

Learn to value plenty and to be thankful for it; see how contemptible money is when, in a time of famine, it is so freely exchanged for anything ed…