2 Raja-raja 4:6

4:6 When the containers were full, she said to one of her sons, ¹  “Bring me another container.” But he answered her, “There are no more.” Then the olive oil stopped flowing.

2 Raja-raja 6:25

6:25 Samaria’s food supply ran out. ²  They laid siege to it so long that ³  a donkey’s head was selling for eighty shekels of silver ⁴  and a quarter of a kab ⁵  of dove’s droppings ⁶  for five shekels of silver. ⁷ 

[4:6]  ¹ tn Heb “to her son.”

[6:25]  ² tn Heb “and there was a great famine in Samaria.”

[6:25]  ³ tn Heb “and look, [they] were besieging it until.”

[6:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “eighty, silver.” The unit of measurement is omitted.

[6:25]  ⁵ sn A kab was a unit of dry measure, equivalent to approximately one quart.

[6:25]  ⁶ tn The consonantal text (Kethib) reads, “dove dung” (חֲרֵייוֹנִים, khareyonim), while the marginal reading (Qere) has “discharge” (דִּבְיוֹנִים, divyonim). Based on evidence from Akkadian, M. Cogan and H. Tadmor (II Kings [AB], 79) suggest that “dove’s dung” was a popular name for the inedible husks of seeds.

[6:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “five, silver.” The unit of measurement is omitted.