2 Kings 6:24-26

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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. ²⁶ As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman yelled out to him, “Help me, my ·master [lord] and king!”