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.
KJV
Hebrew original
וַ/יְהִ֨י רָעָ֤ב גָּדוֹל֙ בְּ/שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן וְ/הִנֵּ֖ה צָרִ֣ים עָלֶ֑י/הָ עַ֣ד הֱי֤וֹת רֹאשׁ חֲמוֹר֙ בִּ/שְׁמֹנִ֣ים כֶּ֔סֶף וְ/רֹ֛בַע הַ/קַּ֥ב חרי יונים דִּבְיוֹנִ֖ים בַּ/חֲמִשָּׁה כָֽסֶף
Louis Segond 1910
Il y eut une grande famine dans Samarie; et ils la serrèrent tellement qu'une tête d'âne valait quatre-vingts sicles d'argent, et le quart d'un kab de fiente de pigeon cinq sicles d'argent.
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.
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