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2 Kings 6:24-26
Good News Translation
2 Kings 6:24-26
Good News Translation
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.
26 The king of Israel was walking by on the city wall when a woman cried out, “Help me, Your Majesty!”
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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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