And they became very short of food in Samaria; for they kept it shut in till the price of an ass's head was eighty shekels of silver, and a small measure of doves' droppings was five shekels of silver.
2 Kings 6:25 · BBE
And they became very short of food in Samaria; for they kept it shut in till the price of an ass's head was eighty shekels of silver, and a small measure of doves' droppings was five shekels of silver.
2 Kings 6:25 · BBE
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
And they became very short of food in Samaria; for they kept it shut in till the price of an ass's head was eighty shekels of silver, and a small measure of doves' droppings was five shekels of silver.
Εγεινε δε πεινα μεγαλη εν Σαμαρεια· και ιδου, επολιορκουν αυτην, εωσου κεφαλη ονου επωληθη δι' ογδοηκοντα αργυρια και το τεταρτον ενος καβου κοπρου περιστερων δια πεντε αργυρια.
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
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