25. So there was a great famine in Samaria, and they continued the siege against it until a donkey’s head sold for 80 silver shekels, and a cup of dove’s dung sold for five silver shekels.
26. As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “My lord the king, help! ”
27. He answered, “If the Lord doesn’t help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress? ”
28. Then the king asked her, “What’s the matter? ” She said, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, and we will eat him today. Then we will eat my son tomorrow.’