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2 Kings 25:3

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And on the ninth [day] of the [fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

And on the ninth {H8672} day of the fourth month {H2320} the famine {H7458} prevailed {H2388} in the city {H5892}, and there was no bread {H3899} for the people {H5971} of the land {H776}.

On the ninth day of the [fourth] month, when the famine in the city was so severe that there was no food for the people of the land,

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

On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

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Cross-References

  • Lamentations 4:4 (3 votes)

    The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, [and] no man breaketh [it] unto them.

  • Lamentations 4:10 (3 votes)

    The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

  • Ezekiel 7:15 (3 votes)

    The sword [is] without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that [is] in the field shall die with the sword; and he that [is] in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

  • Leviticus 26:26 (3 votes)

    [And] when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver [you] your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

  • Jeremiah 52:6 (3 votes)

    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 38:2 (3 votes)

    Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.

  • Deuteronomy 28:52 (3 votes)

    And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.