2 Kings 6:25 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 6:25 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 6:25 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
2 Kings 6:25 — World English Bible
2 Kings 6:25 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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.”
2 Kings 6:25 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 6:25 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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.”
2 Kings 6:25 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 6:25 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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.”
2 Kings 6:25 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 6:25 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“So there was a great famine in Samaria: for loe, they besieged it vntill an asses head was at foure score pieces of siluer, and the fourth part of a kab of doues doung at fiue pieces of siluer.”
2 Kings 6:25 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 6:25 in Context — 2 Kings 6
23 Entonces les fué aparejada grande comida: y como hubieron comido y bebido, enviólos, y ellos se volvieron á su señor. Y nunca más vinieron cuadrillas de Siria á la tierra de Israel.
24 Después de esto aconteció, que Ben-adad rey de Siria juntó todo su ejército, y subió, y puso cerco á Samaria.
25 Y hubo grande hambre en Samaria, teniendo ellos cerco sobre ella; tanto, que la cabeza de un asno era vendida por ochenta [piezas] de plata, y la cuarta de un cabo de estiércol de palomas por cinco [piezas] de plata.
26 Y pasando el rey de Israel por el muro, una mujer le dió voces, y dijo: Salva, rey señor mío.
27 Y él dijo: Si no te salva Jehová, ¿de dónde te tengo de salvar yo? ¿del alfolí, ó del lagar?
What Does 2 Kings 6:25 Mean?
2 Kings 6:25 is a verse from the Book of 2 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Kings chapter 6. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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