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2 Kings 6:25

וַיְהִ֨י רָעָ֤ב גָּדוֹל֙ בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן וְהִנֵּ֖ה צָרִ֣ים עָלֶ֑יהָ עַ֣ד הֱי֤וֹת רֹאשׁ־חֲמוֹר֙ בִּשְׁמֹנִ֣ים כֶּ֔סֶף וְרֹ֛בַע הַקַּ֥ב חרייונים דִּבְיוֹנִ֖ים בַּחֲמִשָּׁה־כָֽסֶף׃
vayhiy raʿab gadvol bshomrvon vhineh ṣariym ʿaleyha ʿad heyvot roʾsh-ḥamvor bishmoniym kesef vrobaʿ haqab ḥryyvnym dibyvoniym baḥamishah-kasef
King James Version (KJV)

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 cab of dove's dung for five {pieces} of silver.

Modern English

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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