2 Kings 6:25 (KJV)
And there was a great faminein Samariaand behold they besiegedit until an ass’s headwas sold for fourscorepieces of silverand the fourth partof a cabof dove’s dungfor fivepieces of silver
Cross-references
a great famine. 2Ki 6:28 2Ki 6:29 2Ki 7:4 2Ki 25:3 1Ki 18:2 Jer 14:13-15 Jer 14:18 Jer 32:24 Jer 52:6
an ass's head.If the pieces of silver were {drachms,} the whole would amount to about 2£. 9s.; which was a great price for so mean a part of this unclean animal. Eze 4:13-16
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. Shaw, (Travels, p. 140), "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 {leblebby;}" and he thinks they were so called from being pointed at one end, and acquiring an ash colour in parching.
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