25 There was a great (A)famine in Samaria; and behold, they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a fourth of a [a]kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver. 26 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall a woman cried out to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!” 27 He said, “[b]If the Lord does not help you, from where shall I help you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 6:25 I.e. One kab equals approx 2 qts
  2. 2 Kings 6:27 Lit No, let the Lord help you