‏ 2 Samuel 18:19-33

Ahimaaz 2Sam 18:23, 2Sam 18:27-29, 2Sam 15:36, 2Sam 17:17

avenged him Heb. judged him from the hand, etc. Ps 7:6, Ps 7:8-9, Ps 9:4, Ps 9:16, Ps 10:14, Ps 10:18; Rom 12:19

bear tidings Heb. be a man of tidings, 2Sam 17:16-21

because 2Sam 18:5, 2Sam 18:27, 2Sam 18:29, 2Sam 18:33

howsoever Heb. be what may

ready or, convenient, Rom 1:28; Eph 5:4

overran Cushi John 20:4

between 2Sam 18:4; 1Sam 4:13

the watchman 2Kgs 9:17-20; Isa 21:6-9, Isa 21:11-12; Ezek 33:2-7

thinketh Heb. I see, 2Kgs 9:20

He is a good 1Kgs 1:42; Prov 25:13, Prov 25:25; Isa 52:7; Rom 10:15

All is well or, Peace be to thee, Heb. Peace, he fell down upon his face, This act was not only in reverence to the king, but in humble adoration of God, whose name he praises for this victory. The more our hearts are fixed and enlarged, in thanksgiving to God for our mercies, the better disposed we shall be to bear with patience the afflictions mixed with them. 2Sam 1:2, 2Sam 14:4

Blessed 2Sam 22:27; Gen 14:20, Gen 24:27; 2Chr 20:26; Ps 115:1, Ps 124:6, Ps 144:1-2; Rev 19:1-3

delivered up Heb. shut up, 1Sam 24:18, 1Sam 26:8; Ps 31:8

Is the young man Absalom safe Heb. is there peace to, etc. I saw a great. 2Sam 18:19-20, 2Sam 18:22

Tidings Heb. Tidings is brought

the Lord 2Sam 18:19, 2Sam 18:28, 2Sam 22:48-49; Deut 32:35-36; Ps 58:10, Ps 94:1-4, Ps 124:2-3; Luke 18:7-8; Cushi was the man Joab ordered to carry the tidings to David. He was an Ethiopian, as his name signifies, and some think he was so by birth - a black, who waited on Joab, probably one of the ten who had helped to dispatch Absalom; though it was dangerous for one of those to bring the news to David, lest his fate should be the same with theirs that reported the death of Saul and Ishbosheth to him.

The enemies Thus Cushi obliquely and slowly informs David of the death of his son Absalom. Judg 5:31; Ps 68:1-2; Dan 4:19

O my son 2Sam 19:4

would God 2Sam 12:10-23; Ps 103:13; Prov 10:1, Prov 17:25; Jas 5:17

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