King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
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.
Complete Jewish Bible:
At the time, there was a severe famine in Shomron; and they maintained their siege until a donkey's head sold for eighty pieces of silver and half a pint of doves' dung for five pieces of silver.
Berean Standard Bible:
So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.
American Standard Version:
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.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
And there was a great{H1419} famine{H7458} in Samaria{H8111}: and, behold, they besieged{H6696} it, until an ass's{H2543} head{H7218} was sold for fourscore{H8084} pieces of silver{H3701}, and the fourth part{H7255} of a cab{H6894} of dove's dung{H1686}{H3123}{H2755} for five{H2568} pieces of silver{H3701}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Jeremiah 14:13
- Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
Jeremiah 14:15
- Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
2 Kings 6:28
- And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
2 Kings 6:29
- So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
Jeremiah 14:18
- If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
Jeremiah 52:6
- And in the fourth month, in the ninth [day] of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
Jeremiah 32:24
- Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest [it].
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Commentary for 2 Kings 6:25
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H1419
There are 499 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: גָּדוֹל
Transliteration: gâdôwl
Pronunciation: gaw-dole'
Description: or גָּדֹל; (shortened) from גָּדַל; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent; [phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very. - Strong's Number: H7458
There are 88 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רָעָב
Transliteration: râʻâb
Pronunciation: raw-awb'
Description: from רָעֵב; hunger (more or less extensive); dearth, famine, [phrase] famished, hunger. - Strong's Number: H8111
There are 101 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שֹׁמְרוֹן
Transliteration: Shômᵉrôwn
Pronunciation: sho-mer-one'
Description: from the active participle of שָׁמַר; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine; Samaria. - Strong's Number: H6696
There are 38 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: צוּר
Transliteration: tsûwr
Pronunciation: tsoor
Description: a primitive root; to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile); adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags. - Strong's Number: H2543
There are 93 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חֲמוֹר
Transliteration: chămôwr
Pronunciation: kham-ore'
Description: or (shortened) חֲמֹר; from חָמַר; a male ass (from its dun red); (he) ass. - Strong's Number: H7218
There are 548 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רֹאשׁ
Transliteration: rôʼsh
Pronunciation: roshe
Description: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top. - Strong's Number: H8084
There are 37 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שְׁמֹנִים
Transliteration: shᵉmônîym
Pronunciation: shem-o-neem'
Description: or שְׁמוֹנִים; multiple from שְׁמֹנֶה; eighty, also eightieth; eighty(-ieth), fourscore. - Strong's Number: H3701
There are 343 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: כֶּסֶף
Transliteration: keçeph
Pronunciation: keh'-sef
Description: from כָּסַף; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling). - Strong's Number: H7255
There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רֹבַע
Transliteration: rôbaʻ
Pronunciation: ro'-bah
Description: from רָבַע; a quarter; fourth participle - Strong's Number: H6894
There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: קַב
Transliteration: qab
Pronunciation: kab
Description: from קָבַב; a hollow, i.e. vessel used as a (dry) measure; cab. - Strong's Number: H1686
There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: דִּבְיוֹן
Transliteration: dibyôwn
Pronunciation: dib-yone'
Description: in the margin for the textual reading, חֶרְיוֹן; both, (in the plural only and) of uncertain derivation,; probably some cheap vegetable, perhaps a bulbous root; dove's dung. - Strong's Number: H3123
There are 32 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יוֹנָה
Transliteration: yôwnâh
Pronunciation: yo-naw'
Description: probably from the same as יַיִן; a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating); dove, pigeon. - Strong's Number: H2755
There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חֲרֵי־יוֹנִים
Transliteration: chărêy-yôwnîym
Pronunciation: khar-ay'-yo-neem'
Description: from the plural of חֶרֶא and the plural of יוֹנָה; or perhaps rather the plural of a single word חֲרָאיוֹן, probably a kind of vegetable; excrements of doves {or a vegetable}; doves' dung. - Strong's Number: H2568
There are 273 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חָמֵשׁ
Transliteration: châmêsh
Pronunciation: khaw-maysh'
Description: masculine חֲמִשָּׁה; a primitive numeral; five; fif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).