2 Kings 6:24-26

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)

²⁶ As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, ‘My lord the king, help! ’