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2 Kings 6:24-25
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The Siege of Samaria

24 Some time later, King Ben-hadad(A) of Aram brought all his military units together and marched up and laid siege to Samaria. 25 So there was a severe famine(B) in Samaria, and they continued the siege against it until a donkey’s head sold for 880 grams[a] of silver, and a cup[b] of dove’s dung[c] sold for 55 grams[d] of silver.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:25 Lit for 80; ‘shekels’ is assumed
  2. 6:25 Lit a quarter of a kab
  3. 6:25 Or seedpods, or wild onions
  4. 6:25 Lit for five; ‘shekels’ is assumed
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Lamentations 4:9-10
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

ט Teth

9 Those slain by the sword are better off
than those slain by hunger,
who waste away, pierced with pain
because the fields lack produce.

י Yod

10 The hands of compassionate women
have cooked their own children;(A)
they became their food
during the destruction of my dear people.(B)

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