Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Kings 7:3

Charles Ellicott Commentary

2 Kings 7:3

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

2 Kings 7:3

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?" — 2 Kings 7:3 (ASV)

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. (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.