Call around

Neither of your sentences makes much sense to me. Have you any context?

Here is an example...
I just ran into this one.
There doesn't seem to be many examples in this structure, but I'd like to understand this one.

He sat down and called them around him and said, “Anyone wanting to be the greatest must be the least—the servant of all!” (Mark 9:35, TLB)

But the example given is about one person calling a few people, and your own examples are both about a few people calling one person, which doesn't make any sense to me.

pructusThey called him around them.

It's backwards*. It should be "He called them around him".

He instructed them to gather in a circle around him (to listen to him).

CJ

[*One person can't be expected to surround a group.]

I see... I see...
Thanks so much, CJ!!

I was thinking automatically, withouit considering the differences...
By the way...
Can we say, "He called them around (him).", omitting "him"?

I see... I see...
I didn't consider it.
I was just thinking mechanically...
Thanks so much, doosoon!!

And also thanks to the two Gurus who stopped by....

"I called him around the office" can mean two meanings below?
1. I called him at a place near the office.
2. I called and told him to come to the place near the office.

pructusCan we say, "He called them around (him).", omitting "him"?

Yes.

CJ

pructus"I called him around the office" can mean two meanings below?1. I called him at a place near the office.2. I called and told him to come to the place near the office.

That's a very unlikely sentence. I really don't know what to tell you. I don't think it clearly has either of those meanings.

CJ

I see... I see...
Thanks so much again, CJ!!

Actually, Google shows only 9 results with "called him around the office", a considerably small number.
So, that was not native English, I guess...
Another discovery....

In Korean, we speak that way, like, calling someone near the place of his office and say "Can you just step outside for a moment to talk with me?".