2 Kings 6:25

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Summary

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.

A great famine

Jeremiah 52:6

An ass's head

Ezekiel 4:13

Bible References

A great famine

And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she said, This woman said to me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow.

If we say, Let us enter into the city, the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we abide here, we shall die. And now come, let us fall away to the camp of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they put us to death, we shall but die.

On the ninth of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

And Elijah went to shew himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.

And I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! Behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; for I will give you assured peace in this place.

Behold the mounds, they are come unto the city for taking it; and the city is given over into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, by the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and behold, thou seest it.

In the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

An ass's head

And Jehovah said, So shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations whither I will drive them.