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2 Kings 6:25

NETBible	Samaria’s food supply ran out.¹ They laid siege to it so long that² a donkey’s head was selling for eighty shekels of silver³ and a quarter of a kab⁴ of dove’s droppings⁵ for five shekels of silver.⁶
NIV © biblegateway 2Ki 6:25	There was a great famine in the city; the siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter of a cab of seed pods for five shekels.
NASB © biblegateway 2Ki 6:25	There was a great famine in Samaria; and behold, they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a fourth of a kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver.
NLT © biblegateway 2Ki 6:25	As a result there was a great famine in the city. After a while even a donkey’s head sold for two pounds of silver, and a cup of dove’s dung cost about two ounces of silver.
MSG © biblegateway 2Ki 6:25	This brought on a terrible famine, so bad that food prices soared astronomically. Eighty shekels for a donkey's head! Five shekels for a bowl of field greens!
BBE © SABDAweb 2Ki 6:25	And they became very short of food in Samaria; for they kept it shut in till the price of an ass’s head was eighty shekels of silver, and a small measure of doves’ droppings was five shekels of silver.
NRSV © bibleoremus 2Ki 6:25	As the siege continued, famine in Samaria became so great that a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and one-fourth of a kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver.
NKJV © biblegateway 2Ki 6:25	And there was a great famine in Samaria; and indeed they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and one–fourth of a kab of dove droppings for five shekels of silver.
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KJV	And there was a great <01419> famine <07458> in Samaria <08111>_: and, behold, they besieged <06696> (8802) it, until an ass's <02543> head <07218> was [sold] for fourscore <08084> [pieces] of silver <03701>_, and the fourth part <07255> of a cab <06894> of dove's dung <01686> (8675) <03123> <02755> for five <02568> [pieces] of silver <03701>_.
NASB © biblegateway 2Ki 6:25	There was a great <01419> famine <07458> in Samaria <08111> ; and behold <02009> , they besieged <06696> <5921> it, until <05704> a donkey's <02543> head <07218> was sold <01961> for eighty <08084> shekels of silver <03701> , and a fourth <07255> of a kab <06894> of dove's <03123> dung <01686> for five <02568> shekels of silver <03701> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ egeneto <1096> V-AMI-3S limov <3042> N-NSM megav <3173> A-NSM en <1722> PREP samareia <4540> N-DSF kai <2532> CONJ idou <2400> INJ periekayhnto {V-IMI-3P} ep <1909> PREP authn <846> D-ASF ewv <2193> PREP ou <3739> R-GSM egenhyh <1096> V-API-3S kefalh <2776> N-NSF onou <3688> N-GSM penthkonta <4004> N-NUI siklwn {N-GPM} arguriou <694> N-GSN kai <2532> CONJ tetarton <5067> A-ASM tou <3588> T-GSM kabou {N-GSM} koprou {N-GSF} peristerwn <4058> N-GPF pente <4002> N-NUI siklwn {N-GPM} arguriou <694> N-GSN
NET [draft] ITL	Samaria’s <08111> food supply ran out <01419> <07458> . They laid siege <06696> to <05921> it so long <05704> that a donkey’s <02543> head <07218> was <01961> selling for eighty <08084> shekels of silver <03701> and a quarter <07255> of a kab <06894> of dove’s droppings <02755> for five shekels <02568> of silver <03701> .
HEBREW	Pok <03701> hsmxb <02568> *Mynwybd {Mynwyyrx} <02755> bqh <06894> ebrw <07255> Pok <03701> Mynmsb <08084> rwmx <02543> sar <07218> twyh <01961> de <05704> hyle <05921> Myru <06696> hnhw <02009> Nwrmsb <08111> lwdg <01419> ber <07458> yhyw (6:25) <01961>

NETBible

Samaria’s food supply ran out.¹ They laid siege to it so long that² a donkey’s head was selling for eighty shekels of silver³ and a quarter of a kab⁴ of dove’s droppings⁵ for five shekels of silver.⁶

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “and there was a great famine in Samaria.”

²tn Heb “and look, [they] were besieging it until.”

³tn Heb “eighty, silver.” The unit of measurement is omitted.

⁴sn A kab was a unit of dry measure, equivalent to approximately one quart.

⁵tn The consonantal text (Kethib) reads, “dove dung” (חֲרֵייוֹנִים, khareyonim), while the marginal reading (Qere) has “discharge” (דִּבְיוֹנִים, divyonim). Based on evidence from Akkadian, M. Cogan and H. Tadmor (II Kings [AB], 79) suggest that “dove’s dung” was a popular name for the inedible husks of seeds.

⁶tn Heb “five, silver.” The unit of measurement is omitted.