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2 Kings 7:3

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Kings 7:3

Verse 3 of 20

Scripture focus

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?

2 Kings 7:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Kings 7:3

Theological / Devotional

At the entering in. Being lepers, these men were not normally allowed within the city. The law of Moses required lepers to abide “without the camp” (Lev. 13:46; Num. 5:2, 3). They were thus without the city walls, but near the gate.

Why sit we here? In better times the people of the city probably supplied the lepers with food. But now, because of the famine, nobody brought these unfortunate sufferers food any longer, and they faced starvation.

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