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25 There was a time of terrible hunger in Samaria. It was so bad that a donkey’s head was sold for about two pounds of silver. Half of a pint of dove’s dung sold for about two ounces of silver.

26 The king of Israel was passing by on the wall. A woman yelled out to him, “Help me, my master and king!”

27 The king said, “If the Lord doesn’t help you, how can I? Can I get help from the threshing floor or from the winepress?”

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