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2 Samuel 18:22 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 18 · verse 22
Then 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?2 Samuel 18:22 · King James Version
2 Samuel 18:22 in context
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?
23But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
24And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- howsoevermâhproperly, interrogative what?H4100 →
- AhimaazʼĂchîymaʻatsAchimaats, the name of three IsraelitesH290 →
- tidingsbᵉsôwrâhglad tidingsH1309 →
- ZadokTsâdôwqTsadok, the name of eight or nine IsraelitesH6659 →
- afterʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- CushiKûwshîya Cushite, or descendant of CushH3569 →
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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