The Siege of Samaria—Cannibalism

24 Now it came about after this, that (A)Ben-hadad the king of Aram gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria. 25 So there was a severe (B)famine in Samaria; and behold, they kept besieging 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.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 6:25 One kab equals about 2 qt. or 1.9 liters

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