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2 Kings 6:24-25
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2 Kings 6:24-25
New International Version
Famine in Besieged Samaria
24 Some time later, Ben-Hadad(A) king of Aram mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege(B) to Samaria. 25 There was a great famine(C) in the city; the siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels[a] of silver, and a quarter of a cab[b] of seed pods[c](D) for five shekels.[d]
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- 2 Kings 6:25 That is, about 2 pounds or about 920 grams
- 2 Kings 6:25 That is, probably about 1/4 pound or about 100 grams
- 2 Kings 6:25 Or of doves’ dung
- 2 Kings 6:25 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams
2 Kings 6:24-25
King James Version
2 Kings 6:24-25
King James Version
24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
25 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 dung for five pieces of silver.
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2 Kings 6:24-25
New King James Version
2 Kings 6:24-25
New King James Version
Syria Besieges Samaria in Famine
24 And it happened after this that (A)Ben-Hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria. 25 And there was a great (B)famine in Samaria; and indeed they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and one-fourth of a [a]kab of dove droppings for five shekels of silver.
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- 2 Kings 6:25 Approximately 1 pint
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