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2 Kings 6:25
Berean Standard Bible · Westminster Leningrad Codex
So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels (note: 5 shekels is approximately 2 ounces or 57 grams of silver.)ss="annot-tooltip" tabindex="0" data-tooltip="80 shekels is approximately 2 pounds or 907.2 grams of silver." title="80 shekels is approximately 2 pounds or 907.2 grams of silver.">of silver (note: 80 shekels is approximately 2 pounds or 907.2 grams of silver.), and a quarter cab of dove’s dung (note: Or a quarter cab of seed pods; that is, approximately 0.28 dry quarts or 0.31 liters) sold for five shekels of silver.
וַיְהִ֨י רָעָ֤ב גָּדוֹל֙ בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן וְהִנֵּ֖ה צָרִ֣ים עָלֶ֑יהָ עַ֣ד הֱי֤וֹת רֹאשׁ־ חֲמוֹר֙ בִּשְׁמֹנִ֣ים כֶּ֔סֶף וְרֹ֛בַע הַקַּ֥ב חֲרֵייוֹנִים בַּחֲמִשָּׁה־ כָֽסֶף׃