2 Samuelova 15:11

Croatian Bible

A ode s Abšalomom dvije stotine ljudi iz Jeruzalema; bijahu to uzvanici koji su bezazleno pošli ne znajući što se sprema.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

called: 1 Samuel 9:13, 1 Samuel 16:3-5

their simplicity: Genesis 20:5, 1 Samuel 22:15, Proverbs 14:15, Proverbs 22:3, Matthew 10:16, Romans 16:18, Romans 16:19

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:9 - called 1 Kings 22:34 - at a venture 2 Chronicles 18:33 - at a venture

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, [that were] called,.... Invited by him to go with him and partake of his peace offerings, as the payment of his vow in Hebron; part of which was made a feast of for his friends, whomsoever he should think fit to invite, as he did to the number of two hundred, and for the entertainment of whom a large provision ought to be made; the Jews h have a tradition, that he had leave of his father only to invite two to go with him, and that he asked two more unknown to the first, and so on, two after two, until they amounted to two hundred:

and they went in their simplicity; to partake of the feast of the peace offerings, to which they were invited; being quite harmless and upright in their intentions, having no thought of disloyalty and rebellion in their breasts:

and they knew not anything; of an intended conspiracy; howbeit, doubtless many of them were drawn into it when got thither; and as these may be supposed to be some of the principal men of Jerusalem, it was a great weakening of David's interest, and laid a considerable foundation for Absalom to begin upon.

h Bemidbar Rabba, sect. 9. fol. 194. 4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 15:11. Went two hundred men — These were probably soldiers, whom he supposed would be of considerable consequence to him. They had been seduced by his specious conduct, but knew nothing of his present design.