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 describes the cannibalism during the siege — the extreme famine conditions here enable that horror.
2 Kings 6:29 continues the cannibalism account — the famine here explains the desperation.
2 Kings 7:4 shows lepers risking death due to famine — this verse sets the desperate conditions.
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.
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.