OLD TESTAMENT

2 Kings 7:16

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The people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the LORD’s word.

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1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks

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A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much.

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