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2 Kings 6:25

Bible Crampon 1904 · Berean Standard Bible

Il y eut une grande famine à Samarie ; et voici qu'on l'assiégeait si durement qu'une tête d'âne valait quatre-vingt sicles d'argent, et le quart d'un cab de fiente de pigeon cinq sicles d'argent.
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.