Sāmǔĕrjìxià 18:24

24 Dàwèi zhēng zuò zaì chéng wèng lǐ . shǒu wàng de rén shàng chéng mén lóu de dǐng shàng , jǔmù guānkàn , jiàn yǒu yī gèrén dúzì paó lái .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 18:24 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 18:24

And David sat between the two gates
Of the city of Mahanaim; which being a fortified place had two walls, one within another, and in each wall a gate; and between these David sat, waiting for news of the battle:

and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall;
the gate to the outward wall, over which was a tower, and on that a flat roof; to which the watchman went to observe if he could see an express coming; no doubt by David's orders:

and lifted up his eyes and looked;
that is, very diligently and wistfully:

and, behold, a man running alone:
which made him the more observable, and was the more likely to be a messenger.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 18:24 In-Context

22 Sādū de érzi yà xī mǎ sī yòu duì Yuēyē shuō , wúlùn zĕnyàng , qiú nǐ róng wǒ suí zhe gǔ shì rén paó qù . Yuēyē shuō , wǒ ér , nǐ bào zhè xìnxī , jì bùdé shǎngcì , hébì yào paó qù ne .

23 Tā yòu shuō , wúlùn zĕnyàng , wǒ yào paó qù . Yuēyē shuō , nǐ paó qù ba . yà xī mǎ sī jiù cóng píngyuán wǎng qián paó , paó guō gǔ shì rén qù le .

24 Dàwèi zhēng zuò zaì chéng wèng lǐ . shǒu wàng de rén shàng chéng mén lóu de dǐng shàng , jǔmù guānkàn , jiàn yǒu yī gèrén dúzì paó lái .

25 Shǒu wàng de rén jiù dàshēng gàosu wáng . wáng shuō , tā ruò dúzì lái , bì shì bào kǒu xìn de . nà rén paó dé jiànjiàn jìn le .

26 Shǒu wàng de rén yòu jiàn yī rén paó lái , jiù duì shǒu chéng mén de rén shuō , yòu yǒu yī rén dúzì paó lái . wáng shuō , zhè yĕ bì shì bàoxìn de .