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2 Kings 6:25 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 6 · verse 25 · King James 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 cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.2 Kings 6:25 · King James Version
2 Kings 6:25 in context
23And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
24And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
25And 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.
26And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
27And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
Key words (Strong's)
- fourscoreshᵉmônîymeighty, also eightiethH8084 →
- besiegedtsûwrto crampH6696 →
- SamariaShômᵉrôwnShomeron, a place in PalestineH8111 →
- faminerâʻâbhungerH7458 →
- silverkeçephsilverH3701 →
- greatgâdôwlgreatH1419 →
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