2 Kings 6:25

Bible in Basic English 1965

And they became very short of food in Samaria; for they kept it shut in till the price of an ass's head was eighty shekels of silver, and a small measure of doves' droppings was five shekels of silver.

Cross References

Genesis 41:55

And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to the people, Go to Joseph, and whatever he says to you, do it.

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to let Ahab see him. Now there was no food to be had in Samaria.

2 Kings 25:3

Now on the ninth day of the fourth month, the store of food in the town was almost gone, so that there was no food for the people of the land.

2 Kings 6:26

And when the king of Israel was going by on the wall, a woman came crying out to him, and said, Help! my lord king.

2 Kings 7:12

Then the king got up in the night and said to his servants, This is my idea of what the Aramaeans have done to us. They have knowledge that we are without food; and so they have gone out of their tents, and are waiting secretly in the open country, saying, When they come out of the town, we will take them living and get into the town.

2 Kings 7:4

If we say, We will go into the town, there is no food in the town, and we will come to our end there; and if we go on waiting here, death will come to us. Come then, let us give ourselves up to the army of Aram: if they let us go on living, then life will be ours; and if they put us to death, then death will be ours.

Jeremiah 14:18

If I go out into the open country, there are those put to death by the sword! and if I go into the town, there are those who are diseased from need of food! for the prophet and the priest go about in the land and have no knowledge.

Jeremiah 32:24

See, they have made earthworks against the town to take it; and the town is given into the hands of the Chaldaeans who are fighting against it, because of the sword and need of food and disease: and what you have said has taken place, and truly you see it.

Jeremiah 52:6

In the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the store of food in the town was almost gone, so that there was no food for the people of the land.

Ezekiel 4:17

So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.

Leviticus 26:26

When I take away your bread of life, ten women will be cooking bread in one oven, and your bread will be measured out by weight; you will have food but never enough.