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 account of the sudden raising of the siege, and the unexpected supply given to the famishing inhabitants of Samaria, is introduced by a narrative of the visit and discovery, by these poor creatures, of the extraordinary flight of the Syrians.
At the entering in of the gate - living, perhaps, in some lazar-house there (Leviticus 13:4-6; Numbers 5:3).