2 Kings 6:24-29 But it came to pass, after this, that Ben–hadad king of Syria gathered together all his host,––and came up and laid siege against Samaria.

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁴ But it came to pass, after this, that Ben–hadad king of Syria gathered together all his host,––and came up and laid siege against Samaria. ²⁵ And there came to be, a great famine, in Samaria, and lo! they continued the siege against it,––until an ass’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and one pint of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver. ²⁶ And so it was that, as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman, made outcry unto him, saying––Save, my lord, O king! ²⁷ And he said––If Yahweh do not save thee, whence should I save thee? out of the threshing–floor or out of the wine–press? ²⁸ And the king said to her––What aileth thee? And she said––This woman, said unto me––Give thy son, that we may eat him, today, and, my son, will we eat tomorrow. ²⁹ So we cooked my son, and did eat him,––and I said unto her, on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him; But she had hid her son.