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2 Kings 6:23-25
Modern English Version
2 Kings 6:23-25
Modern English Version
23 So he prepared for them a great banquet. When they had eaten and had drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the Aramean raiders did not enter into the land of Israel again.
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.
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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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