2 Kings 6:25
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 6:25 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 6:25 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore piece..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 6:25 — KJV
“And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.”
— 2 Kings 6:25 (KJV)
2 Kings 6:25 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 6:25
“Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 6:25: ass, sold, pieces
“And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. I have...: Heb. there is found in my hand”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 6:25: behold, silver, fourth
“And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 6:25: great, behold, ass
“Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 6:25: behold, ass, fourscore
“Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 6:25: great, ass, pieces
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