2 Kings 6:25-27

Contemporary English Version

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^[a] cost 5 pieces of silver.

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

²⁷ “Let the Lord help you!” the king said. “Do you think I have grain or wine to give you?”