2 Kings 6:25

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.

Cross-reference

2 Kings 6:28 Historical context

2 Kings 6:28 describes the cannibalism during the siege — the extreme famine conditions here enable that horror.

2 Kings 6:29 Historical context

2 Kings 6:29 continues the cannibalism account — the famine here explains the desperation.

2 Kings 7:4 Historical context

2 Kings 7:4 shows lepers risking death due to famine — this verse sets the desperate conditions.

2 Kings 7:1 Contrast

In 2 Kings 7:1, Elisha prophesies sudden abundance — the divine response to this extreme famine, contrasting desperation with hope.

2 Kings 25:3 describes a similar famine during Jerusalem's fall — both sieges produce extreme hunger.

Jeremiah 52:6 recounts the severe famine during Jerusalem's siege, paralleling the extreme hunger in Samaria here.

In Lamentations 1:11, Jerusalem’s people search for bread in famine — a parallel lament over severe food scarcity.

1 Kings 8:37 includes famine and siege in Solomon's prayer as a calamity, echoing the exact situation here.

In Ezekiel 5:16, God sends deadly famine as judgment — a prophetic parallel to the historical famine here.

Amos 4:6 Parallel

In Amos 4:6, God gives cleanness of teeth (famine) to call repentance — a parallel divine use of famine.

1 Kings 18:2 also describes a severe famine in Samaria, paralleling the siege famine here.

In 2 Chronicles 6:28, Solomon’s prayer includes famine and siege as calamities needing divine mercy — a general liturgical parallel.

Jeremiah 14:18 depicts famine in the city alongside sword, mirroring the siege and famine in Samaria here.