2 Kings 6:25

So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.

Note 80 shekels is approximately 2 pounds or 907.2 grams of silver.

Note Or a quarter cab of seed pods; that is, approximately 0.28 dry quarts or 0.31 liters

Note 5 shekels is approximately 2 ounces or 57 grams of silver.

And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

There was a great famine in Samaria. Behold, they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

Note A kab was about 2 liters, so a fourth of a kab would be about 500 milliliters or about a pint

And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.