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2 Kings 6:24-25
New American Standard Bible 1995

The Siege of Samaria—Cannibalism

24 Now it came about after this, that (A)Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army and went up and besieged Samaria. 25 There was a great (B)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 [a]kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver.

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  1. 2 Kings 6:25 I.e. One kab equals approx 2 qts
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Lamentations 4:9-10
New American Standard Bible 1995

9 Better are those [a](A)slain with the sword
Than those [b]slain with hunger;
For they [c](B)pine away, being stricken
For lack of the fruits of [d]the field.
10 The hands of compassionate women
(C)Boiled their own children;
They became (D)food for them
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

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  1. Lamentations 4:9 Lit pierced
  2. Lamentations 4:9 Lit pierced
  3. Lamentations 4:9 Lit flow away
  4. Lamentations 4:9 Lit my fields
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