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2 Kings 25:3

And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

KJV

nona die mensis : prævaluitque fames in civitate, nec erat panis populo terræ.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐνίσχυσεν ὁ λιμὸς ἐν τῇ πόλει, καὶ οὐκ ἦσαν ἄρτοι τῷ λαῷ τῆς γῆς.

LXX

On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

ASV

בְּ/תִשְׁעָ֣ה לַ/חֹ֔דֶשׁ וַ/יֶּחֱזַ֥ק הָ/רָעָ֖ב בָּ/עִ֑יר וְ/לֹא הָ֥יָה לֶ֖חֶם לְ/עַ֥ם הָ/אָֽרֶץ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
הֶחֱזִ֗יק
hchzyq
verb · 289×
חֹ֣דֶשׁ
chdsh
noun · 280×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
רָעָ֖ב
r'b
noun · 101×
תְּשַׁ֥ע
tsh'
adjective · 58×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 28:52 — And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy la
  • Ezek 5:12 — A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third p
  • Ezek 7:15 — The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
  • Ezek 14:21 — For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
  • Jer 37:21 — Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in t
  • Jer 38:2 — Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a
  • Jer 52:6 — And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
  • Jer 52:6 — And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
  • Lam 4:4 — The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
  • Lev 26:26 — And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
  • Zech 8:19 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and chee