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835 B
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23 lines
835 B
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## Benhadad ##
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The name of the king of Aram. His name means "son of Hadad." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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## pieces of silver ##
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(See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicalmoney]])
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## kab ##
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(See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicalweight]])
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## besieged it ##
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AT: "did not let anyone or anything go in or out of the city." or "blockaded the city."
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## So there was a great famine in Samaria ##
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AT: "Because of the siege or blockage, there was very little food left in Samaria."
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## Behold, they besieged it until a donkey's head was sold for eighty pieces of silver ##
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The Aramean army surrounded the city for a long time, to the point where things that were normally not considered good food (such as a donkey's head or dove's dung) were the only food left and worth a high price. |