2 Samuele 15:11

11 E con Absalom partirono da Gerusalemme duecento uomini, i quali, essendo stati invitati, partirono in tutta la loro semplicità, senza saper nulla.

2 Samuele 15:11 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 15:11

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 ^F8 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Bemidbar Rabba, sect. 9. fol. 194. 4.

2 Samuele 15:11 In-Context

9 Il re gli disse: "Va’ in pace!" E quegli si levò e andò a Hebron.

10 Intanto Absalom mandò degli emissari per tutte le tribù d’Israele, a dire: "Quando udrete il suon della tromba, direte: Absalom è proclamato re a Hebron".

11 E con Absalom partirono da Gerusalemme duecento uomini, i quali, essendo stati invitati, partirono in tutta la loro semplicità, senza saper nulla.

12 Absalom, mentre offriva i sacrifizi, mandò a chiamare Ahitofel, il Ghilonita, consigliere di Davide, perché venisse dalla sua città di Ghilo. La congiura divenne potente, e il popolo andava vie più crescendo di numero attorno ad Absalom.

13 Or venne a Davide un messo, che disse: "Il cuore degli uomini d’Israele s’è vòlto verso Absalom".