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4 Царе 7:3
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
four leprous: 2 Kings 5:1, 2 Kings 8:4, Leviticus 13:46, Numbers 5:2-4, Numbers 12:14
Why: 2 Kings 7:4, Jeremiah 8:14, Jeremiah 27:13
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 24:9 - Miriam 2 Kings 7:9 - they said one 2 Kings 15:5 - and dwelt 2 Chronicles 26:21 - dwelt Matthew 8:2 - a leper Mark 1:40 - a leper Luke 5:12 - full Luke 15:18 - will arise Luke 17:12 - which
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate,.... Of the city of Samaria; lepers, according to the law, being obliged to be without the city and camp, Leviticus 13:46 these might have a dwelling assigned them near the gate; or they might get as near to it as they could, partly to obtain relief from the city, and partly for fear of the Syrians; these, the Jews say x, were Gehazi and his three sons, see 2 Kings 5:27
and they said one to another, why sit we here until we die? being ready to perish with hunger.
x T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 47. 1. & Sanhedrin, fol. 107. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The position of the lepers is in accordance with the Law of Moses (marginal references); and shows that the Law was still observed to some extent in the kingdom of Israel.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Kings 7:3. 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.
