25. As a result of the siege the food shortage in the city was so severe that a donkey's head cost eighty pieces of silver, and 200 grammes of dove's dung cost five pieces of silver.
26. The king of Israel was walking by on the city wall when a woman cried out, “Help me, Your Majesty!”
27. He replied, “If the Lord won't help you, what help can I provide? Have I got any wheat or wine?