2 Samuel 18:20

Overview - 2 Samuel 18
David viewing the armies in their march gives them charge of Absalom.
The Israelites are sorely smitten in the wood of Ephraim.
Absalom, hanging in an oak is slain by Joab, and cast into a pit.
18 Absalom's place.
19 Ahimaaz and Cushi bring tidings to David.
33 David mourns for Absalom.
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2 Samuel 18:20  (King James Version)
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.
 


bear tidings
Hebrew be a man of tidings.
17:16-21

because
2 Samuel 18:5 2 Samuel 18:27 2 Samuel 18:29 2 Samuel 18:33