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2 Kings 6:24-27

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Famine in Besieged Samaria 24Some time later, Ben-Hadad king of Aram mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege to Samaria.

25There was a great famine in the city; the siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels That is, about 2 pounds or about 920 grams of silver, and a quarter of a cab That is, probably about 1/4 pound or about 100 grams of seed pods Or of doves’ dung for five shekels. That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams

26As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, “Help me, my lord the king!” 27The king replied, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing floor? From the winepress?”