By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. Cross References 2 Kings 6:24Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria. 2 Kings 6:25 So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey's head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove's dung sold for five shekels of silver. 2 Kings 25:2 And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah's eleventh year. Jeremiah 37:21 So King Zedekiah gave orders, and Jeremiah was placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the baker's street, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard. Jeremiah 52:6 By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. Lamentations 4:9 Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce. Lamentations 4:10 The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people. Zechariah 8:19 "This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore love truth and peace." Chapter Outline 1. Jerusalem is besieged.4. Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, his eyes put out. 8. Nebuzaradan defaces the city, exiles the remnant, except a few poor laborers; 13. and carries away the treasures. 18. The nobles are slain at Riblah. 22. Gedaliah, who was over those who remained, being slain, the rest flee into Egypt. 27. Evil-Merodach advances Jehoiachin in his court. Jump to Previous Almost Bread City Eat Famine Food Fourth Month Ninth Prevailed Severe Sore StoreJump to Next Almost Bread City Eat Famine Food Fourth Month Ninth Prevailed Severe Sore Store |
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Jeremiah 39:2 Jeremiah 52:6 Zechariah 8:19 the famine. Leviticus 26:26 Deuteronomy 28:52, 53 Lamentations 4:4-10 Ezekiel 4:9-17 Ezekiel 5:10, 12 Ezekiel 7:15 Ezekiel 14:21 there was no. Jeremiah 37:21 Jeremiah 38:2 Links 2 Kings 25:3 NIV2 Kings 25:3 NLT 2 Kings 25:3 ESV 2 Kings 25:3 NASB 2 Kings 25:3 KJV 2 Kings 25:3 Bible Apps 2 Kings 25:3 Parallel 2 Kings 25:3 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 25:3 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 25:3 French Bible 2 Kings 25:3 German Bible 2 Kings 25:3 Commentaries Bible Hub |