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## Benhadad ##
The name of the king of Aram. His name means "son of Hadad." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
## pieces of silver ##
(See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicalmoney]])
## kab ##
(See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicalweight]])
## besieged it ##
AT: "did not let anyone or anything go in or out of the city." or "blockaded the city."
## So there was a great famine in Samaria ##
AT: "Because of the siege or blockage, there was very little food left in Samaria."
## Behold, they besieged it until a donkey's head was sold for eighty pieces of silver ##
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.