## 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.