24. And tit came to pass after these things, that Benadad king of Syria gathered together all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
25. And there was a great famine in Samaria: and so long did the siege continue, till the head of an ass was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cabe of pigeon's dung, for five pieces of silver.
26. And as the king of Israel was passing by the wall, a certain woman cried out to him, saying: Save me, my lord O king.
27. And he said: If the Lord doth not save thee, how can I save thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? And the king said to her: What aileth thee? And she answered: