2 Kings 6
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2 Kings 6:24-27

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Some time laterH310H3651, Ben-hadadH1130 kingH4428 of AramH758 assembledH6908 his entireH3605 armyH4264 and marched upH5927 to besiegeH6696H5921 SamariaH8111.

25So there wasH1961 a greatH1419 famineH7458 in SamariaH8111. IndeedH2009, they besiegedH6696 the city so long thatH5704 a donkey’sH2543 headH7218 soldH1961 for eightyH8084 shekels of silverH3701,1 and a quarterH7255 cabH6894 of dove’s dungH27162 sold for fiveH2568 shekels of silverH3701.3

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As the kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 was passing byH5674 onH5921 the wallH2346, a womanH802 cried outH6817 to himH413H559, “Help meH3467, my lordH113 the kingH4428!”

27He answeredH559, “If the LORDH3068 does notH408 help youH3467, whereH370 can I find help for youH3467? FromH4480 the threshing floorH1637 orH176H4480 the winepressH3342?”

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Kings 6:25 80 shekels is approximately 2 pounds or 907.2 grams of silver. ↩
  2. 2. 2 Kings 6:25 Or a quarter cab of seed pods; that is, approximately 0.28 dry quarts or 0.31 liters ↩
  3. 3. 2 Kings 6:25 5 shekels is approximately 2 ounces or 57 grams of silver. ↩

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