2 Kings 6:21-25
2 Kings 6:21
Then the king of Israel when he saw them, said to Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”
2 Kings 6:22
But he answered, “You shall not kill them. Would you kill those whom you have taken captive with your sword and your bow? Set bread and water before them, so that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.”
2 Kings 6:23
So he provided a large feast for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the marauding bands of Arameans did not come again into the land of Israel. The Siege of Samaria—Cannibalism
2 Kings 6:24
Now it came about after this, that Ben-hadad the king of Aram gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
2 Kings 6:25
So there was a severe famine in Samaria; and behold, they kept besieging it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a fourth of a kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver.