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2 Kings 6:24-28

2 Kings 6:24-28 CSB

Some time later, King Ben-hadad  of Aram brought all his military units together and marched up and laid siege to Samaria. So there was a severe famine  in Samaria, and they continued the siege against it until a donkey’s head sold for thirty-four ounces  of silver, and a cup  of dove’s dung  sold for two ounces  of silver.  As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “My lord the king, help! ” He answered, “If the Lord doesn’t help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress? ”  Then the king asked her, “What’s the matter? ”  She said, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, and we will eat him today. Then we will eat my son tomorrow.’