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24 Later, Ben-hadad,[a] Aram’s king, assembled his army and surrounded Samaria. 25 There was already a famine in Samaria. Aram’s king surrounded Samaria for so long that, within Samaria, a donkey head cost two pounds of silver and two cups of dove’s dung[b] cost two ounces of silver.

26 Once when Israel’s king was walking on the wall, a woman yelled up to him.

Woman: My lord and king, help!

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Footnotes

  1. 6:24 This may have been Ben-hadad’s son.
  2. 6:25 A few versions based on the Dead Sea Scrolls have suggested a vegetable dish.

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