2 Kings 6:24-26

Good News Translation

The Siege of Samaria

²⁴ Some time later King Benhadad of Syria led his entire army against Israel and laid siege to the city of Samaria. ²⁵ As a result of the siege the food shortage in the city was so severe that a donkey's head cost eighty pieces of silver, and half a pound of dove's dung^[a] cost five pieces of silver.

²⁶ The king of Israel was walking by on the city wall when a woman cried out, “Help me, Your Majesty!”