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2 Kings 6:25-27
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25 There was a great famine in the city; the siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels[a] of silver, and a quarter of a cab[b] of seed pods[c] for five shekels.[d]

26 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, ‘Help me, my lord the king!’

27 The king replied, ‘If the Lord does not help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing floor? From the winepress?’

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  1. 2 Kings 6:25 That is, about 920 grams
  2. 2 Kings 6:25 That is, probably about 100 grams
  3. 2 Kings 6:25 Or of doves’ dung
  4. 2 Kings 6:25 That is, about 58 grams
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