KJV King James Version
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was [sold] for fourscore [pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five [pieces] of silver.
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2 Kings 6:25
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was [sold] for fourscore [pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five [pieces] of silver.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.
WEB World English Bible
There was a great famine in Samaria. Behold, they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
ASV American Standard Version
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and there is a great famine in Samaria, and lo, they are laying siege to it, till the head of an ass is at eighty silverlings, and a forth of the cab of dovesdung at five silverlings.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 6
22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite [them]: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was [sold] for fourscore [pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five [pieces] of silver.
26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
27 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
28 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
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וַיְהִ֨יH1961 · ha.yahto beרָעָ֤בH7458 · ra.avfamineגָּדוֹל֙H1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeבְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןH8111 · sho.me.ronSamariaוְהִנֵּ֖הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdצָרִ֣יםH6696 · tsurto confineעָלֶ֑יהָH5921 · aluponעַ֣דH5704 · adtillהֱי֤וֹתH1961 · ha.yahto beרֹאשׁ־H7218 · roshheadחֲמוֹר֙H2543 · cha.mordonkeyבִּשְׁמֹנִ֣יםH8084 · she.mo.nimeightyכֶּ֔סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyוְרֹ֛בַעH7255 · ro.vafourthהַקַּ֥בH6894 · qavkabדִּבְיוֹנִ֖יםH1686 · div.yonquanoבַּחֲמִשָּׁה־H2568 · cha.meshfiveכָֽסֶף׃H3701 · ke.sephsilver: money
Cross-references
Jeremiah 14:18If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.2 Kings 6:28-29And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.Jeremiah 14:13-15Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.Jeremiah 52:6And in the fourth month, in the ninth [day] of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.Jeremiah 32:24Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest [it].1 Kings 18:2And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And [there was] a sore famine in Samaria.2 Kings 25:3And on the ninth [day] of the [fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.2 Kings 7:4If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine [is] in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.Ezekiel 4:13-16And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.Leviticus 26:26[And] when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver [you] your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
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