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DOVE’S DUNG

Source of food eaten when Samaria was besieged by Ben-hadad, king of Syria (2 Kgs 6:25). Taken literally as pigeon excrement, the reference would indicate how desperate conditions were in the famished city.

Show passage in OET: KI2 6:25

OET-RV KI2 6:25

25 Being surrounded like that caused a terrible famine inside the city, until a donkey’s head would be sold for eighty silver coins, and a cup of doves’ droppings was sold for five silver coins.

OET-LV KI2 6:25

25 And_he/it_was a_famine great in_Shomrōn and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE they_were_laying_siege on/upon_it(f) until was the_head_of a_donkey for_eighty silver and_the_fourth_part_of the_kab wwww wwww for_five silver.

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Some scholars suggest that dove’s dung refers to the small, edible bulb of the star of Bethlehem plant, also known as bird’s milk or bird’s dung. The bulb could be boiled or roasted to make flour for bread. The “kab” in verse 25 is a unit of measure approximating 1.3 quarts (1.2 liters).