2 Samuel 18:27

27 —El primer hombre corre como Ahimaas, hijo de Sadoc —dijo el centinela.
—Él es un buen hombre y trae buenas noticias —respondió el rey.

2 Samuel 18:27 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 18:27

And the watchman said, me thinketh
Or, "I see" ^F2; I perceive, so it appears to me:

that the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son
of Zadok;
who it seems was well known, and famous for his manner of running and swiftness in it, having been employed in carrying expresses before from Jerusalem to David, and his army, wheresoever they were; and some of these persons thus employed were very swift; we read ^F3 of one that was a king's messenger, that went from Jerusalem to Tyre, on the first of Elul, or August, in a night and a day; which, according to Bunting ^F4 was an hundred miles: this watchman must be one of David's sentinels, who was well acquainted with the people about him:

and the king said, he [is] a good man, and cometh with good tidings;
he knew he was a man of courage, and therefore was not one that fled, but must be a messenger; and that he was well affected to him, and would never be the messenger of evil tidings to him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (har yna) (egw orw) , Sept. "ego videns", Montanus; "video", Tigurine version.
F3 T. Hieros. Taanioth, fol. 68. 3.
F4 Travels, p. 200.

2 Samuel 18:27 In-Context

25 Desde arriba le gritó la novedad a David, y el rey respondió:
—Si está solo, trae noticias.
Al acercarse el mensajero,

26 el centinela vio que otro hombre corría hacia ellos. Gritó hacia abajo:
—¡Allí viene otro!
El rey respondió:
—También trae noticias.

27 —El primer hombre corre como Ahimaas, hijo de Sadoc —dijo el centinela.
—Él es un buen hombre y trae buenas noticias —respondió el rey.

28 Ahimaas le gritó al rey:
—¡Todo está bien!
Se inclinó delante del rey rostro en tierra y dijo:
—Alabado sea el Señor
su Dios, quien ha entregado a los rebeldes que se atrevieron a hacerle frente a mi señor el rey.

29 —¿Qué me dices del joven Absalón? —preguntó el rey—. ¿Está bien?
—Cuando Joab me dijo que viniera, había una gran conmoción —contestó Ahimaas—, pero no supe lo que pasaba.