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23 So he prepared a large festival for them, and when they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them back to their master, and marauding gangs of Arameans never came into the territory of Israel again.

Ben-hadad Attacks Samaria

24 Some time later, King Ben-hadad from Aram mustered his army, invaded the land,[a] and attacked Samaria 25 until there was a great famine throughout Samaria. The siege lasted until a donkey’s head cost[b] 80 silver coins[c] and one quarter of a unit[d] of dove’s dung cost[e] five silver coins.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 6:24 The Heb. lacks the land
  2. 2 Kings 6:25 The Heb. lacks sold
  3. 2 Kings 6:25 The exact weight or denomination of silver coin is unspecified.
  4. 2 Kings 6:25 Lit. a kab; a unit of dry weight in volume about 1.5 quarts
  5. 2 Kings 6:25 The Heb. lacks cost
  6. 2 Kings 6:25 The exact weight or denomination of silver coin is unspecified.