2Ki 6:24 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 2Kgs 6:24-25: 6:24-25 So severe was this famine that normally unclean things were not only eaten but sold for an exorbitant price. Donkey meat, for example, was forbidden by the laws regarding unclean foods (Lev 11:1-7 ). Dove’s dung may be a variety of wild vegetable, but the consumption of dung is known from other sources describing siege conditions (Isa 36:12 ). The dove’s dung might also have been used for fuel.

a6:24-25►

bLev 11:1-7►

cIsa 36:12►

‏ 2 Kings 6:24

Summary for 2Kgs 6:24-25: 6:24-25 ^a So severe was this famine that normally unclean things were not only eaten but sold for an exorbitant price. Donkey meat, for example, was forbidden by the laws regarding unclean foods (Lev 11:1-7 ^b). Dove’s dung may be a variety of wild vegetable, but the consumption of dung is known from other sources describing siege conditions (Isa 36:12 ^c). The dove’s dung might also have been used for fuel.