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2 Kings 6:24
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2 Kings 6:24
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Syria Besieges Samaria in Famine
24 And it happened after this that (A)Ben-Hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
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2 Kings 6:24
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2 Kings 6:24
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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.
2 Kings 6:24
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2 Kings 6:24
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24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
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2 Kings 6:25
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2 Kings 6:25
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25 And there was a great (A)famine in Samaria; and indeed they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and one-fourth of a [a]kab of dove droppings for five shekels of silver.
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- 2 Kings 6:25 Approximately 1 pint
2 Kings 6:25
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2 Kings 6:25
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25 There was a great famine(A) 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](B) for five shekels.[d]
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- 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 6:25
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2 Kings 6:25
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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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Isaiah 3:1
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Isaiah 3:1
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Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem
3 For behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts,
(A)Takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah
(B)The[a] stock and the store,
The whole supply of bread and the whole supply of water;
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- Isaiah 3:1 Every support
Isaiah 3:1
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Isaiah 3:1
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Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah
Isaiah 3:1
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Isaiah 3:1
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3 For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.
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Jeremiah 39:2
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Jeremiah 39:2
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2 In the (A)eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the [a]city was penetrated.
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- Jeremiah 39:2 city wall was breached
Jeremiah 39:2
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Jeremiah 39:2
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2 And on the ninth day of the fourth(A) month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city wall(B) was broken through.(C)
Jeremiah 39:2
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Jeremiah 39:2
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2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.
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Lamentations 4:9
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Lamentations 4:9
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9 Those slain by the sword are better off
Than those who die of hunger;
For these (A)pine away,
Stricken for lack of the fruits of the (B)field.
Lamentations 4:9
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Lamentations 4:9
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Lamentations 4:9
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Lamentations 4:9
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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.
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Lamentations 4:10
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Lamentations 4:10
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10 The hands of the (A)compassionate women
Have [a]cooked their (B)own children;
They became (C)food for them
In the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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- Lamentations 4:10 boiled
Lamentations 4:10
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Lamentations 4:10
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10 With their own hands compassionate women
have cooked their own children,(A)
who became their food
when my people were destroyed.
Lamentations 4:10
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Lamentations 4:10
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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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