24.此後,亞蘭王便哈達聚集他的全軍,上來圍困撒瑪利亞。
Some time later, Ben-Hadad king of Aram mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege to Samaria.
25.於是撒馬利亞被圍困,有饑荒,甚至一個驢頭值銀八十舍客勒,二升鴿子糞值銀五舍客勒。
There was a great famine in the city; the siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels[a] of silver, and a quarter of a cab[b] of seed pods[c] for five shekels.[d]
Footnotes:
a. 2 Kings 6:25 That is, about 2 pounds or about 920 grams
b. 2 Kings 6:25 That is, probably about 1/4 pound or about 100 grams
c. 2 Kings 6:25 Or of doves’ dung
d. 2 Kings 6:25 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams