...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,...

...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...

...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...

...clanjlcttine way, till Cliey brought their whole army sometime ai'úr, perhaps upua some ne» » SS And there was a great famine in Samaria : and, behold,...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,...

...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...

...after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, "and besieged Samaria. 25 n order, and •(ait the bullc-ck in pieces, and laid...wood, :mds::i'!, Fill four barrels with water, ami ftitces of silver, and the fourth part of a «ab of doves dungfor five pieces of silver. 26 Andasthckingoflsraelwaspass...

...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...

...after this, that Ben-hadad king • of Syria gathered all his hosts, and went up and besieged Samaria. And there Was a great famine in Samaria : and behold,...passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him raying, Help, my lord, O kiog. . And he said, If the LOR D do not. help tbee, whence *hall I help thee...

...famine. Accordingly, when the king of Assyria besieged Samaria, there was a great famine in that city ; and behold they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for four pieces of silver, and the fourth yart of a cab of doves dung for five pieces of silver, 2 Kings...

...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...