2 Kings 6:25 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁵ So there was a severe famine  in Samaria, and they continued the siege against it until a donkey’s head sold for 880 grams  of silver, and a cup  of dove’s dung  sold for 55 grams  of silver.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ And a great famine came to Samaria. They besieged it until a donkey's head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a fourth of a kab of dove's dung [a wild vegetable] for five shekels of silver.

American Standard Version (1901)

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 kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

Common English Bible

²⁵ The siege lasted so long that there was a great famine in Samaria. A donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver and a quarter kab of doves’ dung for five shekels.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ And a great famine occurred in Samaria. And it was blockaded for a long time, until the head of a donkey was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and one fourth part of a pint of pigeons' dung sold for five silver coins.

2 Kings 6:25 Cross References

Genesis 41:55

When the whole land of Egypt was stricken with famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh told all Egypt, ‘Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.’

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.

2 Kings 25:3

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

2 Kings 6:26

As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, ‘My lord the king, help! ’

2 Kings 7:12

So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, ‘Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving,  so they have left the camp to hide in the open country, thinking, “When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and go into the city.” ’

2 Kings 7:4

If we say, “Let’s go into the city,” we will die there because the famine is in the city, but if we sit here, we will also die. So now, come on. Let’s surrender to the Arameans’ camp.  If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.’

Jeremiah 14:18

If I go out to the field, look #– #those slain by the sword! If I enter the city, look #– #those ill  from famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.

Jeremiah 32:24

Look! Siege ramps  have come against the city to capture it, and the city, as a result of the sword, famine, and plague, has been handed over to the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you have spoken has happened. Look, you can see it!

Jeremiah 52:6

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

Ezekiel 4:17

for lack of bread and water. Everyone will be devastated and waste away because of their iniquity.

Leviticus 26:26

When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and ration out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.