2 Kings 6:23-25

Expanded Bible

²³ So he prepared a great feast for the Aramean army. After they ate and drank, the king sent them away, and they went home to their ·master [lord]. The ·soldiers [raiders] of Aram did not come anymore into the land of Israel.

A Great Famine

²⁴ Later, Ben-Hadad king of Aram gathered his whole army and ·surrounded and attacked [besieged] Samaria. ²⁵ There was a ·shortage of food [great famine] in Samaria. ·It was so bad [or The siege lasted so long] that a donkey’s head sold for ·about two pounds [^Leighty shekels/or pieces] of silver, and ·half of a pint [^La fourth of a kab] of dove’s dung sold for ·about two ounces [^Lfive shekels/or pieces] of silver.