2 Kings 6:25
“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.”
What does 2 Kings 6:25 mean?
2 Kings 6:25 (KJV) says, "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." The book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament…
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The passage from 2 Kings 6:25—"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"—paints a chilling picture of despair…
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O Sovereign Lord,God of all creation, in reverence and humility, I come before Thee to offer my prayers. As we look upon the dire situation faced by the people of Samaria as recorded in 2 Kings 6:25, we are reminded of the depths of human suffering and the extremes to which…
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