Famine in Besieged Samaria24Some time later, Ben-Hadad king of Aram mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege to Samaria.
25There was a great famine in the city; the siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels That is, about 2 pounds or about 920 grams of silver, and a quarter of a cab That is, probably about 1/4 pound or about 100 grams of seed pods Or of doves’ dung for five shekels. That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams
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