2 Kings 7:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

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? 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 mingle in civil society.

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?