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Benhadad

The name of the king of Aram. His name means "son of Hadad." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

pieces of silver

(See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicalmoney)

kab

(See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/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.