2 Kings 7:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And there were four leprous men. — Literally, And four men were lepers.

At the entering in of the gate. — And so outside of the city. (Comp. Leviticus 13:46; Numbers 5:2-3.) Rashi says they were Gehazi and his sons (!)

Why sit we? — Or, Why are we abiding? Nobody brought them food any longer, owing to the pressure of the famine.

2 Kings 7:3

3 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?