2Ki 6:25 | TSK | e4.org | a great famine , , ; ; , , , an ass's head If the pieces of silver were drachms , the whole would amount to about 2£ 9s; which was a great price for so mean a part of this unclean animal. dove's dung This probably denotes, as Bochart, Scheuchzer, and others suppose, a kind of pulse , or vetches , which the Arabs still call pigeon's dung. "They never," says Dr. Shaw (Travels, p. 140), "constitute a dish by themselves, but are strewed singly as a garnish over cuscasowe, pillowe , and other dishes. They are besides in the greatest repute after they are parched in pans and ovens; then assuming the name leblebby ;" and he thinks they were so called from being pointed at one end, and acquiring an ash colour in parching.

‏ 2 Kings 6:25

a great famine 2Kgs 6:28-29, 2Kgs 7:4, 2Kgs 25:3; 1Kgs 18:2; Jer 14:13-15, Jer 14:18, Jer 32:24, Jer 52:6

an ass's head If the pieces of silver were drachms, the whole would amount to about 2£ 9s; which was a great price for so mean a part of this unclean animal. Ezek 4:13-16

dove's dung This probably denotes, as Bochart, Scheuchzer, and others suppose, a kind of pulse, or vetches, which the Arabs still call pigeon's dung. "They never," says Dr. Shaw (Travels, p. 140), "constitute a dish by themselves, but are strewed singly as a garnish over cuscasowe, pillowe, and other dishes. They are besides in the greatest repute after they are parched in pans and ovens; then assuming the name leblebby;" and he thinks they were so called from being pointed at one end, and acquiring an ash colour in parching.