2 Kings 6:24-25

Famine in Besieged Samaria

24 Some time later, Ben-Hadad king of Aram mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege to Samaria.

25 There was a great famine in the city; the siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels^[a] of silver, and a quarter of a cab^[b] of seed pods^[c] for five shekels.^[d]

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2 Kings 6:24-25 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 6

In this chapter are recorded other wonders of Elisha, as causing iron to swim, 2Ki 6:1-7 having knowledge of the secret counsels of the king of Syria, which he disclosed to the king of Israel, 2Ki 6:8-12 smiting the Syrian army with blindness sent to take him, and which he led into the midst of Samaria, 2Ki 6:13-23, and the chapter is closed with an account of the siege of Samaria, and a sore famine in it, 2Ki 6:24-33.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 4

1. S 1 Kings 15:18; 1 Kings 20:1; 2 Kings 8:7
2. Deuteronomy 28:52
3. S Leviticus 26:26; S Ruth 1:1
4. Isaiah 36:12

Footnotes 4

[a]. That is, about 2 pounds or about 920 grams
[b]. That is, probably about 1/4 pound or about 100 grams
[c]. Or "of doves’ dung"
[d]. That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams