2 Kings 6:24
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The Siege of Samaria—Cannibalism
24 Now it came about after this, that (A)Ben-hadad the king of Aram gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
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2 Kings 6:25
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25 So there was a severe (A)famine in Samaria; and behold, they kept besieging 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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- 2 Kings 6:25 One kab equals about 2 qt. or 1.9 liters
Lamentations 4:9
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9 Better off are those (A)killed by the sword
Than those killed by hunger;
For they [a](B)waste away, [b]stricken
By the lack of the produce of the field.
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- Lamentations 4:9 Lit flow away
- Lamentations 4:9 Lit pierced through
Lamentations 4:10
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10 The hands of compassionate women
(A)Boiled their own children;
They became (B)food for them
Due to the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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