Sāmǔĕrjìxià 18:29

29 Wáng wèn shuō , shàonián rén Yēshālóng píngān bù píngān . yà xī mǎ sī huídá shuō , Yuēyē dǎfa wáng de púrén , nàshí púrén tīngjian zhòng mín dàshēng xuān huá , què bù zhīdào shì shénme shì .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 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.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 18:29 In-Context

27 Shǒu wàng de rén shuō , wǒ kàn qiántou rén de paó fǎ , hǎoxiàng Sādū de érzi yà xī mǎ sī de paó fǎ yíyàng . wáng shuō , tā shì gè hǎo rén , bì shì bào hǎo xìnxī .

28 Yà xī mǎ sī xiàng wáng hūjiào shuō , píngān le . jiù zaì wáng miànqián liǎn fú yú dì kòu baì , shuō , Yēhéhuá nǐde shén shì yīngdāng chēngsòng de , yīn tā yǐ jiāng nà jǔ shǒu gōngjī wǒ zhǔ wǒ wáng de rén jiāo gĕi wáng le .

29 Wáng wèn shuō , shàonián rén Yēshālóng píngān bù píngān . yà xī mǎ sī huídá shuō , Yuēyē dǎfa wáng de púrén , nàshí púrén tīngjian zhòng mín dàshēng xuān huá , què bù zhīdào shì shénme shì .

30 Wáng shuō , nǐ tuì qù , zhàn zaì pángbiān . tā jiù tuì qù , zhàn zaì pángbiān .

31 Gǔ shì rén yĕ lái dào , shuō , yǒu xìnxī bào gĕi wǒ zhǔ wǒ wáng . Yēhéhuá jīnrì xiàng yīqiè xīngqǐ gōngjī nǐde rén gĕi nǐ bàochóu le .