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2 Kings 6:23-25
Good News Translation
2 Kings 6:23-25
Good News Translation
23 So the king of Israel provided a great feast for them; and after they had eaten and drunk, he sent them back to the king of Syria. From then on the Syrians stopped raiding the land of Israel.
The Siege of Samaria
24 Some time later King Benhadad of Syria led his entire army against Israel and laid siege to the city of Samaria. 25 As a result of the siege the food shortage in the city was so severe that a donkey's head cost eighty pieces of silver, and half a pound of dove's dung[a] cost five pieces of silver.
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- 2 Kings 6:25 This may be a popular term for a vegetable such as wild onions.
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