2 Kings 7:3 KJV
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?
Matthew Henry
- The flight of the Syrian armyGod can, when he pleases, make the stoutest heart to tremble; and as for those who will not fear God, he can make them fear at the shaking of a leaf....
Thompson Chains
- QuarantineSee the chain from Leviticus 13:4 · 7 links
Cross References
- Numbers 5:2–4 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: …
- Numbers 12:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.
- Leviticus 13:45–46 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. …
- 2 Kings 5:1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
- 2 Kings 7:4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
- 2 Kings 8:4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
- Jeremiah 8:14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
- Jeremiah 27:13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
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Topics
- Armies Of Samaria
- Ben-Hadad 2. A king of Syria, who reigned during the time of Ahab, son of Ben-hadad I
- Israel The city of Samaria besieged
- Joram Has war with the king of Syria
- Leprosy Four lepers outside Samaria
- Prophecy The end of the famine in Samaria
- Samaria Besieged by Ben-hadad
- Sanitation Instances of
Kings of Israel & Judah
- JehoramKing of Israel · 896–884 BC
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible896–884 BC · Jehoram reigns in Israel
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And there were four וְאַרְבָּעָה wĕʾarbāʿâ אַרְבַּע Number · masculine singular · with and
- leprous הָיוּ hāyû Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural מְצֹרָעִים mĕṣōrāʿîm צָרַע Verb · pual passive participle, masculine plural
- men אֲנָשִׁים ʾănāšîm Noun · masculine plural אֱנוֹשׁ ʼĕnôwsh
- at the entering in פֶּתַח petaḥ פֶּתַח Noun · masculine singular construct
- of the gate הַשָּׁעַר haššāʿar שַׁעַר Noun · masculine singular · with the
- and they said וַיֹּאמְרוּ wayyōʾmĕrû אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- one אִישׁ ʾîš אִישׁ Noun · masculine singular
- to another אֶל ʾel Preposition רֵעֵהוּ rēʿēhû רֵעַ Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- Why sit מָה mâ Interrogative יֹשְׁבִים yōšĕbîm יָשַׁב Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural
- we here until we die אֲנַחְנוּ ʾănaḥnû Pronoun · first person common plural פֹּה pô Adverb עַד ʿad Preposition מָתְנוּ mātĕnû מוּת Verb · qal perfect, first person common plural
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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