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

Read 2 Kings 6:25 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

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 Então lhes foi preparada grande comida: e quando houveram comido e bebido, enviou-os, e eles se voltaram a seu senhor. E nunca mais tropas da Síria vieram à terra de Israel.

24 Depois disto aconteceu, que Ben-Hadade rei da Síria juntou todo seu exército, e subiu, e pôs cerco a Samaria.

25 E houve grande fome em Samaria, tendo eles cerco sobre ela; tanto, que a cabeça de um asno era vendida por oitenta peças de prata, e a quarta parte de uma porção de esterco de pombas por cinco peças de prata.

26 E passando o rei de Israel pelo muro, uma mulher gritou-lhe, e disse: Socorro, rei, senhor meu.

27 E ele disse: Se o SENHOR não te salva, de onde eu tenho de te salvar? Do granário, ou da prensa de uvas?

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What Does 2 Kings 6:25 Mean?

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