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2 Kings 6:24-25
New American Standard Bible
2 Kings 6:24-25
New American Standard Bible
The Siege of Samaria—Cannibalism
24 Now it came about after this, that (A)Ben-hadad the king of Aram gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria. 25 So there was a severe (B)famine in Samaria; and behold, they kept besieging it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a fourth of a [a]kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver.
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- 2 Kings 6:25 One kab equals about 2 qt. or 1.9 liters
2 Kings 6:24-25
New International Version
2 Kings 6:24-25
New International Version
Famine in Besieged Samaria
24 Some time later, Ben-Hadad(A) king of Aram mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege(B) to Samaria. 25 There was a great famine(C) in the city; the siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels[a] of silver, and a quarter of a cab[b] of seed pods[c](D) for five shekels.[d]
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 6:25 That is, about 2 pounds or about 920 grams
- 2 Kings 6:25 That is, probably about 1/4 pound or about 100 grams
- 2 Kings 6:25 Or of doves’ dung
- 2 Kings 6:25 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams
2 Kings 6:24-25
King James Version
2 Kings 6:24-25
King James Version
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.
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Lamentations 4:9-10
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Lamentations 4:9-10
New American Standard Bible
9 Better off are those (A)killed by the sword
Than those killed by hunger;
For they [a](B)waste away, [b]stricken
By the lack of the produce of the field.
10 The hands of compassionate women
(C)Boiled their own children;
They became (D)food for them
Due to the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 4:9 Lit flow away
- Lamentations 4:9 Lit pierced through
Lamentations 4:9-10
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Lamentations 4:9-10
New International Version
9 Those killed by the sword are better off
than those who die of famine;(A)
racked with hunger, they waste away
for lack of food from the field.(B)
10 With their own hands compassionate women
have cooked their own children,(C)
who became their food
when my people were destroyed.
Lamentations 4:9-10
King James Version
Lamentations 4:9-10
King James Version
9 They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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