| Edward Harley - 1730 - 332 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 dung.'... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 534 pages
...upua some ne» » SS 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 clung for five [pieces] of silver. They mere reduced to the last extremity, во that an asa's head,... | |
| 1808 - 558 pages
...severely distressed, when a certain king of Syria besieged it, that we are told an ass's head then sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's-dung for five pieces :• this last article has been thought to be so unfit for food, that it... | |
| 1809 - 604 pages
...Socinianism! through the straitness of $he siege wherewith thine enemies have besieged thee, an ass's head is sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for jive pieces of silver !" Let it therefore be shewn that the ' rational ' party... | |
| Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 498 pages
...and besieged Samaria. 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,...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,... | |
| Edward Kimpton - 1813 - 536 pages
...to Samaria, laid close siege to the place, and in a short time reduced the people to such distress, that an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and five pieces were given for three quarters of a pint of pulse. In this distress Jehoram was apprehensive... | |
| Augustin Calmet - 1814 - 636 pages
...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... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1879 - 622 pages
...later, the Syrians, not having learned wisdom, again besieged Samaria and reduced them to famine, so that an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and women killed and ate their own children, till at length, after a blockade of three years, a panic seized... | |
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