2 Samuel 18:29

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.

2 Samuel 18:29 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 18:29

And the king said, is the young man Absalom safe?
&c.] Or, is there "peace" ^F6 to him? you say there is peace, and that prosperity and success have attended my army; but what peace has Absalom? is he well, and in safety? David seemed more concerned for him than for his army and the success of it; and even suggests as if it was nothing if Absalom was not safe, so great were his affections towards him:

and Ahimaaz answered, when Joab sent the king's servant;
which was Cushi, the first messenger, whose office perhaps it was to be one of the king's messengers, and therefore called his servant:

and [me] thy servant:
Ahimaaz himself who was sent after the other:

I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what [it was];
he perceived that the tidings of the death of Absalom would be disagreeable to the king, and therefore concealed it from him; and though a good man, he cannot be excused from lying, for certainly he knew that Absalom was dead, as appears from ( 2 Samuel 18:19 2 Samuel 18:20 ) ; though indeed what he said might be true, that after Joab had sent him and Cushi, as the Targum paraphrases it, he saw a company of people gathered together in a tumultuous manner, the meaning of which he knew not; but then this was no other than an evasion.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (renl Mwlv) "estne pax puero?" V. L. "pax puero", Pagninus, Montanus.

2 Samuel 18:29 In-Context

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.

30 —Espera aquí —le dijo el rey.
Y Ahimaas se hizo a un lado.

31 Enseguida el etíope llegó y le dijo:
—Tengo buenas noticias para mi señor el rey. Hoy el Señor
lo ha librado de todos los que se rebelaron en su contra.