2 Samuel 18:28

28 Gritou, pois, Aimaaz, e disse ao rei: Paz! E inclinou-se ao rei com o rosto em terra, e disse: Bendito seja o Senhor teu Deus, que entregou os homens que levantaram a mão contra o rei meu senhor.

2 Samuel 18:28 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 18:28

And Ahimaaz called and said unto the king
As soon as he came so near as to be heard by him, before he came up to him, he said with a loud voice:

all is well;
the king's army has had success, beat the rebels, and obtained a complete victory: or "peace" ^F5; for it is but one word in the original, which signifies all happiness and prosperity, and this he wished the king; and so it is the same as if he had said, God save the king, may all happiness attend him:

and he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king;
when he came nearer to him, not only in reverence of him, but in thankfulness to God:

and said, blessed [be] the Lord thy God, which hath delivered up the
men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king;
in which he ascribes the victory, not to Joab and his army, but to the Lord, to whom he gives thanks; and this agreeably to his character as a good man, and a priest of the Lord.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (Mwlv) (eirhnh) , Sept. "pax", Montanus, Pagninus; "salus", Tigurine version; "salve rex", V. L.

2 Samuel 18:28 In-Context

26 Então a sentinela viu outro homem que corria, e gritou ao porteiro, e disse: Eis que lá vem outro homem correndo só. Então disse o rei: Também esse traz novas.

27 Disse mais a sentinela: O correr do primeiro parece ser o correr de Aimaaz, filho de Zadoque. Então disse o rei: Este é homem de bem, e virá com boas novas.

28 Gritou, pois, Aimaaz, e disse ao rei: Paz! E inclinou-se ao rei com o rosto em terra, e disse: Bendito seja o Senhor teu Deus, que entregou os homens que levantaram a mão contra o rei meu senhor.

29 Então perguntou o rei: Vai bem o mancebo Absalão? Respondeu Aimaaz: Quando Joabe me mandou a mim, o servo do rei, vi um grande alvoroço; porem nao sei o que era.

30 Disse-lhe o rei: Põe-te aqui ao lado. E ele se pôs ao lado, e esperou de pé.