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Some time later King Ben-hadad of Aram mustered his entire army; he marched against Samaria and laid siege to it.
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As the siege continued, famine in Samaria became so great that a donkey's head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and one-fourth of a kab of dove's dung for five shekels of silver.
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Now as the king of Israel was walking on the city wall, a woman cried out to him, "Help, my lord king!"
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He said, "No! Let the
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So he dispatched a man from his presence.
Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Before the messenger arrived, Elisha said to the elders, "Are you aware that this murderer has sent someone to take off my head? When the messenger comes, see that you shut the door and hold it closed against him. Is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?"
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While he was still speaking with them, the king 1 came down to him and said, "This trouble is from the