There was a great famine in Samaria: and, 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.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

As the donkey was “unclean,” it would not be eaten except in the last resort; and its head would be its worst and cheapest part.

Cab -…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

And there was. — There arose. This occurred as a result of the siege.

Besieged.Were besieg…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And there was a great famine in Samaria
No care, perhaps, having been taken to lay up stores against a siege:

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Learn to value plenty and to be thankful for it; see how contemptible money is when, in a time of famine, it is so freely exchanged for anything ed…

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