Lièwángjìxià 7:3

3 Zaì chéng mén nàli yǒu sì gè zhǎngdà má fēng de rén , tāmen bǐcǐ shuō , wǒmen wèihé zuò zaì zhèlǐ dĕng sǐ ne .

Lièwángjìxià 7:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 7:3

And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate,
&c.] 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 ^F24, 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 47. 1. & Sanhedrin, fol. 107. 2.

Lièwángjìxià 7:3 In-Context

1 Yǐlìshā shuō , nǐmen yào tīng Yēhéhuá de huà , Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , míngrì yuē dào zhè shíhou , zaì sǎ Mǎlìyà chéng ménkǒu , yī xì yà xì miàn yào maì yín yī Shĕkèlè , èr xì Yàdà maì yĕ yào maì yín yī Shĕkèlè .

2 Yǒu yī gè chān fú wáng de jūnzhǎng duì shén rén shuō , jí biàn Yēhéhuá shǐ tiān kāi le chuānghu , yĕ bùnéng yǒu zhè shì . Yǐlìshā shuō , nǐ bì qīnyǎn kànjian , què bùdé chī .

3 Zaì chéng mén nàli yǒu sì gè zhǎngdà má fēng de rén , tāmen bǐcǐ shuō , wǒmen wèihé zuò zaì zhèlǐ dĕng sǐ ne .

4 Wǒmen ruò shuō , jìn chéng qù ba . chéng lǐ yǒu jīhuāng , bì sǐ zaì nàli . ruò zaì zhèlǐ zuò zhe bù dòng , yĕ bì shì sǐ . lái ba , wǒmen qù tóu jiàng Yàlán rén de jūnduì , tāmen ruò liú wǒmen de huó méng , jiù huó zhe . ruò shā wǒmen , jiù sǐ le ba .

5 Huánghūn de shíhou , tāmen qǐlai wǎng Yàlán rén de yíng pán qù . dào le yíng bian , bú jiàn yī rén zaì nàli .