Cross References And there was a great famine in Samaria: and so long did the siege continue, till the head of an ass was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cabe of pigeons' dung, for five pieces of silver. Leviticus 26:26 After I shall have broken the staff of your bread: so that ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and give it out by weight: and you shall eat, and shall not be filled, 2 Kings 6:26 And as the king of Israel was passing by the wall, a certain woman cried out to him, saying: Save me, my lord, O king. 2 Kings 7:12 And he arose in the night, and said to his servants: I tell you what the Syrians have done to us: They know that we suffer great famine, and therefore they are gone out of the camp, and lie hid in the fields, saying: When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and then we may get into the city. 2 Kings 25:3 The ninth day of the month: and a famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And there was a great famine in Samaria: and so long did the siege continue, till the head of an ass was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cabe of pigeons' dung, for five pieces of silver. a great famine 2 Kings 6:28,29 This woman said to me: Give thy son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow. . . . 2 Kings 7:4 If we will enter into the city, we shall die with the famine: and if we will remain here, we must also die: come therefore, and let us run over to the camp of the Syrians. If they spare us, we shall live: but if they kill us, we shall but die. 2 Kings 25:3 The ninth day of the month: and a famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. 1 Kings 18:2 And Elias went to shew himself to Achab, and there was a grievous famine in Samaria. Jeremiah 14:13-15,18 And I said: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God, the prophets say to them: You shall not see the sword, and there shall be no famine among you, but he will give you true peace in this place. . . . Jeremiah 32:24 Behold works are built up against the city to take it: and the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans, who fight against it, by the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken, is all come to pass, as thou thyself seest. Jeremiah 52:6 And in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a famine overpowered the city: and there was no food for the people of the land. 2l. 9s.; which was a great price for so {mean} a part of this {unclean} animal. Ezekiel 4:13-16 And the Lord said: So shall the children of Israel eat their bread all filthy among the nations whither I will cast them out. . . . Context The Siege and Famine of Samaria24And it came to pass, after these things, that Benadad, king of Syria, gathered together all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria. 25And there was a great famine in Samaria: and so long did the siege continue, till the head of an ass was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cabe of pigeons' dung, for five pieces of silver.26And as the king of Israel was passing by the wall, a certain woman cried out to him, saying: Save me, my lord, O king.… Lexicon So there wasוַיְהִ֨י (way·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a great גָּדוֹל֙ (gā·ḏō·wl) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent famine רָעָ֤ב (rā·‘āḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7458: Famine, hunger in Samaria. בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן (bə·šō·mə·rō·wn) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8111: Samaria -- capital of northern kingdom of Israel Indeed, וְהִנֵּ֖ה (wə·hin·nêh) Conjunctive waw | Interjection Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold! they besieged צָרִ֣ים (ṣā·rîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6696: To confine, bind, besiege [the city] עָלֶ֑יהָ (‘ā·le·hā) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against so long that עַ֣ד (‘aḏ) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while a donkey’s חֲמוֹר֙ (ḥă·mō·wr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2543: A male ass head רֹאשׁ־ (rōš-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head sold הֱי֤וֹת (hĕ·yō·wṯ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be for eighty [shekels] בִּשְׁמֹנִ֣ים (biš·mō·nîm) Preposition-b | Number - common plural Strong's Hebrew 8084: Eighty, eightieth of silver, כֶּ֔סֶף (ke·sep̄) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3701: Silver, money and a quarter וְרֹ֛בַע (wə·rō·ḇa‘) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 7255: Fourth part cab הַקַּ֥ב (haq·qaḇ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6894: A hollow, vessel, a, measure of dove’s dung דִּבְיוֹנִ֖ים (diḇ·yō·w·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2755: Excrements of doves, a vegetable sold for five [shekels] בַּחֲמִשָּׁה־ (ba·ḥă·miš·šāh-) Preposition-b, Article | Number - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2568: Five of silver. כָֽסֶף׃ (ḵā·sep̄) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3701: Silver, money Additional Translations 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.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. 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. And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was valued at fifty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung at five pieces of silver. And there was a great famine in Samaria; and behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was worth eighty silver-pieces, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung five silver-pieces. 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. And there was a great famine in Samaria: and behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. There was a great famine in Samaria. Behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. and there is a great famine in Samaria, and lo, they are laying siege to it, till the head of an ass is at eighty silverlings, and a forth of the cab of dovesdung at five silverlings. 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