2 Kings 7:3 meaning and explanation
Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?
2 Kings 7:3, Berean Standard Bible
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These four men were excluded from Samaria because of a skin disease the BSB calls leprosy, and they sat outside the gate while the Aramean army besieged the city and famine raged within. Their question is simple survival logic: the city means starvation, staying put means death, so they will throw themselves on the enemy's mercy.
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