2 Kings 6:25
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25So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver,6:25 80 shekels is approximately 2 pounds or 907.2 grams of silver. and a quarter cab of dove’s dung6:25 Or a quarter cab of seed pods; that is, approximately 0.28 dry quarts or 0.31 liters sold for five shekels of silver.6:25 5 shekels is approximately 2 ounces or 57 grams of silver.