列王纪下 7:3

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

亞蘭軍撤退有四個痲風病人在城門口那裡，他們彼此說：“我們為甚麼坐在這裡等死呢？

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
在 城 门 那 里 有 四 个 长 大 ? 疯 的 人 ， 他 们 彼 此 说 ： 我 们 为 何 坐 在 这 里 等 死 呢 ？

Contextual Overview

³ There were four men with a skin disease at the entrance to the city gate. They said to each other, "Why do we sit here until we die? ⁴ There is no food in the city. So if we go into the city, we will die there. If we stay here, we will die. So let's go to the Aramean camp. If they let us live, we will live. If they kill us, we die." ⁵ So they got up at twilight and went to the Aramean camp, but when they arrived, no one was there. ⁶ The Lord had caused the Aramean army to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a large army. They had said to each other, "The king of Israel has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to attack us!" ⁷ So they got up and ran away in the twilight, leaving their tents, horses, and donkeys. They left the camp standing and ran for their lives. ⁸ When the men with the skin disease came to the edge of the camp, they went into one of the tents and ate and drank. They carried silver, gold, and clothes out of the camp and hid them. Then they came back and entered another tent. They carried things from this tent and hid them, also. ⁹ Then they said to each other, "We're doing wrong. Today we have good news, but we are silent. If we wait until the sun comes up, we'll be discovered. Let's go right now and tell the people in the king's palace." ¹⁰ So they went and called to the gatekeepers of the city. They said, "We went to the Aramean camp, but no one is there; we didn't hear anyone. The horses and donkeys were still tied up, and the tents were still standing." ¹¹ Then the gatekeepers shouted out and told the people in the palace.

Bible Verse Review
  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.