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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.
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Verse 25 is found in chapter 6 of 2 Kings. Ben-hadad besieges Samaria and the famine reaches extreme intensity. The king of Israel blames Elisha and threatens to kill him, while the prophet remains firm. The narrative shows how a military crisis becomes a spiritual and moral crisis. The king interprets the situation as a direct consequence of the prophet’s activity, but Elisha announces that the following day there will be abundance. The promise seems absurd from the perspective of a besieged city. The passage prepares the great demonstration of the next chapter: God’s word will confront a situation that appears humanly irreversible.
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Compare 2 Kings 6:25 in different Bible versions and see how its wording varies between translations. These differences can help you better understand the meaning and context of the passage.
Deutsch · L1912 Und es ward eine große Teuerung zu Samaria. Sie aber belagerten die Stadt, bis daß ein Eselskopf achtzig Silberlinge und ein viertel Kab Taubenmist fünf Silberlinge galt.
Español · RVR1909 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.
Español · NTBT Hubo una gran hambre en Samaria. El sitio fue tal que una cabeza de burro llegó a venderse por unos novecientos gramos de plata, y trescientos mililitros de estiércol de paloma por unos cincuenta y siete gramos de plata.
Français · LSG Il y eut une grande famine dans Samarie; et ils la serrèrent tellement qu'une tête d'âne valait quatre-vingts sicles d'argent, et le quart d'un kab de fiente de pigeon cinq sicles d'argent.
Italiano · DIO1885 E vi fu gran fame in Samaria; ed ecco, i Siri la tenevano distretta, intanto che la testa di un asino valse ottanta sicli d’argento, e la quarta parte di un cabo di sterco di colombi cinque sicli d’argento.
Português · ARC E houve grande fome em Samaria, porque eis que a cercaram, até que se vendeu uma cabeça de um jumento por oitenta peças de prata, e a quarta parte de um cabo de esterco de pombas por cinco peças de prata.
中文 · RCUV 看哪，被圍困的時候， 撒瑪利亞 有大饑荒，甚至一個驢頭值八十舍客勒，四分之一卡布 的鴿子糞值五舍客勒。
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