## translationWords

* [[en:tw:aram]]
* [[en:tw:donkey]]
* [[en:tw:dove]]
* [[en:tw:dung]]
* [[en:tw:famine]]
* [[en:tw:king]]
* [[en:tw:kingdomofisrael]]
* [[en:tw:lord]]
* [[en:tw:samaria]]
* [[en:tw:silver]]

## translationNotes

* **Benhadad** - The name of the king of Aram.  His name means "son of Hadad." (See: [[:en:ta:vol1:translate:translate_names]])
* **pieces of silver** - (See: [[:en:obe:other:biblicalmoney]])
* **kab** - (See: [[:en:obe: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.