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

Then the king asked her, "What's your problem?" She answered, "This woman said to me, 'Hand over your son; we'll eat him today and then eat my son tomorrow.'

If we go into the city, we'll die of starvation, and if we stay here we'll die! So come on, let's defect to the Syrian camp! If they spare us, we'll live; if they kill us -- well, we were going to die anyway."

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.

So Elijah went to make an appearance before Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.

Then I said, "Oh, Lord God, look! The prophets are telling them that you said, 'You will not experience war or suffer famine. I will give you lasting peace and prosperity in this land.'"

Even now siege ramps have been built up around the city in order to capture it. War, starvation, and disease are sure to make the city fall into the hands of the Babylonians who are attacking it. Lord, you threatened that this would happen. Now you can see that it is already taking place.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.

An ass's head

And the Lord said, "This is how the people of Israel will eat their unclean food among the nations where I will banish them."