2 Kings 6:24-26

Contemporary English Version

King Benhadad of Syria Attacks Samaria

²⁴ Some time later, King Benhadad of Syria^[a] called his entire army together, then they marched to Samaria and attacked. ²⁵ They kept up the attack until there was nothing to eat in the city. In fact, a donkey's head cost 80 pieces of silver, and a small bowl of pigeon droppings^[b] cost 5 pieces of silver.

²⁶ One day as the king of Israel^[c] was walking along the top of the city wall, a woman shouted to him, “Please, Your Majesty, help me!”