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2 Samuel 18:20 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 18 · verse 20
And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king’s son is dead.2 Samuel 18:20 · King James Version
2 Samuel 18:20 in context
18Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.
19Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.
20And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king’s son is dead.
21Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
22Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- tidingsbᵉsôwrâhglad tidingsH1309 →
- tidingsbâsarproperly, to be freshH1319 →
- king'smeleka kingH4428 →
- JoabYôwʼâbJoab, the name of three IsraelitesH3097 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- deadmûwthto dieH4191 →
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Absalom's business is done; and we are now told, I. How David was informed of it. He staid behind at the city of Mahanaim, some miles from the wood where the battle was, and in the utmost border of the land.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-33