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2 Kings 6:24-26
Modern English Version
2 Kings 6:24-26
Modern English Version
Ben-Hadad Besieges Samaria
24 After this, Ben-Hadad king of Aram gathered all his army, went up, and besieged Samaria. 25 There was a great famine in Samaria, and they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels[a] of silver, and one-fourth of a kab[b] of dove droppings for five shekels[c] of silver.
26 As the king of Israel was walking across the city wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help, my lord king.”
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- 2 Kings 6:25 About 2 pounds, or 920 grams.
- 2 Kings 6:25 Likely about ¼ pound, or 100 grams.
- 2 Kings 6:25 About 2 ounces, or 58 grams.
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