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2 Kings 6:25

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23And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.Select 2 Kings 6:23

24And it came to pass after this, that Ben–hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.Select 2 Kings 6:24

25And 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.Select 2 Kings 6:25

26And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.Select 2 Kings 6:26

27And he said, If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?Select 2 Kings 6:27

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6:25 There was a great famine in Samaria. Behold, they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

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6:25 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.

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