2 Kings 7:3

Overview - 2 Kings 7
Elisha prophesies incredible plenty in Samaria.
Four lepers, venturing on the host of the Syrians, bring tidings of their flight.
12 The king, finding by spies the news to be true, spoils the tents of the Syrians.
17 The lord who would not believe the prophecy of plenty, having the charge of the gate, is trodden to death in the press.
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2 Kings 7:3  (King James Version)
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?
 


four leprous
5:1 8:4 Leviticus 13:46 ; Numbers 5:2-4 ; 12:14

Why
4 ; Jeremiah 8:14 ; 27:13