| Edward Harley - 1730 - 332 pagina’s
...theRemnant of his Children which he (hall leave : 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the Flefli and the fourth part of a Cab of Dove's Dung for five Pieces of Silver if And as the King of Ifrael was pafling by upon the Wall, there cried a Woman unto him, faying, Help,... | |
| Titus Knight - 1766 - 480 pagina’s
...befieged were reduced to the greateft fcarcity> an afles head being fold for fourfcore pieces of filver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces. Now in this ftraitnefs of the fiege there were four lepers, who probably by reafon of the loathfomrnefs... | |
| William Charles L. Martin - 1799 - 200 pagina’s
...following passage from the Pictorial Bible gives a compendium of all that has heen mooted on the subject. " The fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. This was about half a pint for 12*. 6d. There has been much diversity of opinion about the 'dove's... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1803 - 376 pagina’s
...siege continued cannot be easily ascertained, but such were the effects of the famine occasioned by it, that an ass's head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the women were driven to the horrid necessity of eating their own children. At length, however, the Almighty... | |
| Thomas Smith - 1803 - 320 pagina’s
...against Samaria, at the head of ^ fyniklable army, which soon reduced thcjuhabitapU to such extremities that an ass's head was sold for- eighty pieces of silver, and other articles in proportion. How long this siege had lasted we cannot determine.,! but what might... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 378 pagina’s
...siege continued cantrot be easily ascertained, but such were the effects of the famine occasioned by it that an ass's head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the women were driTen to the horrid necessity of eating their own children. At length, however, the Almighty... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 534 pagina’s
...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 clung for five [pieces] of silver. They mere reduced to the last extremity, во that an asa's head,... | |
| Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 498 pagina’s
...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. And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him raying, Help,... | |
| Augustin Calmet - 1814 - 636 pagina’s
...the following clause. " The whole of the quanlity called an ass, vis. of dove's dung, was sold for 80 pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for 5 pieces of silver." The reader will consider the above so far as it seems to be reasonable. The second... | |
| 1815 - 706 pagina’s
...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. 26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help,... | |
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