24. Later King Benhadad of Aram assembled his whole army. They went to Samaria and blockaded it.
25. The shortages caused by the blockade of Samaria became so severe that a donkey’s head sold for two pounds of silver and a half-pint of dove manure for two ounces of silver.
26. As the king of Israel was walking on the city wall, a woman cried to him, “Help me, Your Majesty!”
27. He answered, “If the Lord doesn’t help you, how can I help you? I can’t give you something from the threshing floor or the winepress.”
28. Then the king asked her, “What’s the matter?”She answered, “This woman told me, ‘Give up your son. Let’s eat him today. We’ll eat my son tomorrow.’