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New American Standard BibleThere was a great famine in Samaria; and behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a fourth of a kab of dove's dung for five shekels of silver.
King James BibleAnd 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.
Holman Christian Standard BibleSo there was a great famine in Samaria, and they continued the siege against it until a donkey's head sold for 80 silver shekels, and a cup of dove's dung sold for five silver shekels.
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a great famine
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an ass's head If the {pieces} of silver were {dracms}, the whole would amount
Ezekiel 4:13-16 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their …
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. Sahw, `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 {leb-lebby;} ' and he thinks they were so called from being pointed at one end, and acquiring an ash colour in parching.
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