2Ki 6:25 | HCSB | STEP | So there was a great famine in Samaria , and they continued the siege against it until a donkey’s head sold for 80 silver shekels, and a cup of dove’s dung sold for five silver shekels.

2 Kings 6:25

25 So there was a great famine ^a in Samaria, and they continued the siege against it until a donkey’s head sold for 80 silver ^{▼▼shekel(s): In the OT the shekel is a measurement of weight that came to be used as money, either gold or silver.}shekels, ^{▼▼About 2 pounds of silver} and a cup ^{▼▼Lit a fourth of a kab} of dove’s dung ^{▼▼Or seedpods, or wild onions} sold for five silver shekels. ^{▼▼About 2 ounces of silver
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