11And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.
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As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.
Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-12)We have here the breaking out of Absalom’s rebellion, which he had long been contriving. It is said to be after forty years , 2 Sam. 15:7. But whence it is to be dated we are not told; not from David’s beginning his reign, for then it would fall in the last year of his life, which is not probable; but either from his first anointing by Samuel seven years before, or rather (I think) from the people…
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