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2 Kings 6

2 Kings 6:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And there was a great
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
famine
ra`ab (Hebrew #7458)
hunger (more or less extensive)
KJV usage: dearth, famine, + famished, hunger.
Pronounce: raw-awb'
Origin: from 7456
in Samaria
Shomrown (Hebrew #8111)
watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Samaria.
Pronounce: sho-mer-one'
Origin: from the active participle of 8104
: and, behold, they besieged
tsuwr (Hebrew #6696)
to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
KJV usage: adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags.
Pronounce: tsoor
Origin: a primitive root
w it, until an ass’s
chamowr (Hebrew #2543)
from 2560; a male ass (from its dun red)
KJV usage: (he)ass.
Pronounce: kham-ore'
Origin: or (shortened) chamor {kham-ore}
head
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
was sold for fourscore
shmoniym (Hebrew #8084)
mult. from 8083; eighty, also eightieth
KJV usage: eighty(-ieth), fourscore.
Pronounce: shem-o-neem'
Origin: or shmowniym {shem-o-neem'}
pieces of silver
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
, and the fourth part
roba` (Hebrew #7255)
a quarter
KJV usage: fourth participle
Pronounce: ro'-bah
Origin: from 7251
of a cab
qab (Hebrew #6894)
a hollow, i.e. vessel used as a (dry) measure
KJV usage: cab.
Pronounce: kab
Origin: from 6895
of dove’s dung
charey-yowniym (Hebrew #2755)
excrements of doves {or perhaps rather the plural of a single word charapyown {khar-aw-yone'}; of similar or uncertain derivation, probably a kind of vegetable
KJV usage: doves' dung.
Pronounce: khar-ay'-yo-neem'
Origin: from the plural of 2716 and the plural of 3123
yownah (Hebrew #3123)
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
KJV usage: dove, pigeon.
Pronounce: yo-naw'
Origin: probably from the same as 3196
dibyown (Hebrew #1686)
both (in the plural only and) of uncertain derivation; probably some cheap vegetable, perhaps a bulbous root
KJV usage: dove's dung.
Pronounce: dib-yone'
Origin: in the margin for the textual reading, cheryown {kher-yone'}
for five
chamesh (Hebrew #2568)
a primitive numeral; five
KJV usage: fif(-teen), fifth, five (X apiece).
Pronounce: khaw-maysh'
Origin: masculine chamishshah {kham-ish-shaw}
pieces of silver
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
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Lev. 26:26• 26When I break the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and shall deliver you the bread again by weight; and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. (Lev. 26:26)
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Jer. 52:6• 6In the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. (Jer. 52:6)
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Ezek. 4:16• 16And he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anxiety; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: (Ezek. 4:16)

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Ass,
cab,
Dove's Dung,
Dung,
Famine,
Pieces of Gold or of Silver,
Samaria,
Silver

Cross References

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a great famine.
2 Kings 6:28‑29• 28And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she said, This woman said to me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow.
 29And we boiled my son, and ate him: and I said to her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him; and she has hidden her son. (2 Kings 6:28‑29)
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2 Kings 7:4• 4If we say, Let us enter into the city, the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we abide here, we shall die. And now come, let us fall away to the camp of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they put us to death, we shall but die. (2 Kings 7:4)
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2 Kings 25:3• 3On the ninth of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. (2 Kings 25:3)
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1 Kings 18:2• 2And Elijah went to shew himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria. (1 Kings 18:2)
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Jer. 14:13‑15,18• 13And I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! Behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; for I will give you assured peace in this place.
 14And Jehovah said unto me, The prophets prophesy falsehood in my name; I have not sent them, neither have I commanded them, nor spoken unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
 15Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, and who say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and by famine shall those prophets be consumed;
 18If I go forth into the field, behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, behold them that pine away with famine! For both prophet and priest shall go about into a land that they know not. (Jer. 14:13‑15,18)
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Jer. 32:24• 24Behold the mounds, they are come unto the city for taking it; and the city is given over into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, by the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and behold, thou seest it. (Jer. 32:24)
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Jer. 52:6• 6In the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. (Jer. 52:6)
an ass's head.If the pieces of silver were {drachms,} the whole would amount to about 2£. 9s.; which was a great price for so mean a part of this unclean animal.
Ezek. 4:13‑16• 13And Jehovah said, So shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations whither I will drive them.
 14Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been defiled, and from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or of that which is torn; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
 15And he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
 16And he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anxiety; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: (Ezek. 4:13‑16)
dove's dung.This probably denotes, as Bochart, Scheuchzer, and others suppose, a kind of {pulse,} or {vetches,} which the Arabs still call pigeon's dung.
"They never," says Dr. Shaw, (Travels, p. 140), "constitute a dish by themselves, but are strewed singly as a garnish over {cuscasowe, pillowe,} and other dishes.
They are besides in the greatest repute after they are parched in pans and ovens; then assuming the name {leblebby;}"
and he thinks they were so called from being pointed at one end, and acquiring an ash colour in parching.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And there was a great famine in Samaria; and behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was worth eighty silver-piecesb, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung five silver-pieces.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "[shekels] of silver."