2 Kings 6:23-25
Legacy Standard Bible
23 So he prepared a great feast for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And (A)the marauding bands of Arameans did not come again into the land of Israel.
Aram’s Siege of Samaria
24 Now it happened afterwards, that (B)Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his military camp and went up and besieged Samaria. 25 Now there was a great (C)famine in Samaria. And behold, they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for [a]eighty shekels of silver, and a fourth of a [b]kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver.
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- 2 Kings 6:25 Approx. 2 lb. or 0.8 kg, a shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
- 2 Kings 6:25 A kab was approx. 2 qt. or 1.9 l
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