And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
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Gill's Exposition
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate,.... Of the city of Samaria; lepers, according to the law, being obliged to be without the city and camp, Lev 13:46 these might have a…
Barnes' Notes
The position of the lepers is in accordance with the Law of Moses (marginal references); and shows that the Law was still observed to some extent in the kingdom of Israel.
Adam Clarke
There were four leprous men - The Gemara in Sota, R. Sol. Jarchi, and others, say that these four lepers were Gehazi and his three sons.
At the entering in of the gate - They were not permitted to…
We are here told,
I. How the siege of Samaria was raised in the evening, at the edge of night (Kg2 7:6, Kg2 7:7), not by might or power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts, striking terror upon…
Cambridge Bible
Four lepers discover that the Syrian camp is deserted, and bring word unto the city (Not in Chronicles)
3. at the entering in of the gate Lepers were not allowed to come into the city even in the time…
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