2 Samuel 18:21

21 Entonces Joab se dirigió a un soldado cusita y le ordenó:—Ve tú y dile al rey lo que has visto.El cusita se inclinó ante Joab y salió corriendo.

2 Samuel 18:21 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 18:21

Then said Joab to Cushi
The Ethiopian, or blackamoor; who either was an Ethiopian by birth and proselyted, or he was an Israelite of a black complexion, and therefore so called; and was judged a proper person by the general to carry such dismal news to the king, as he knew it would be. Some Jewish writers ^F1 take him to be the same with Cush the Benjaminite, in the title of the seventh psalm, ( Psalms 7:1 ) ; and that he is the same that told Joab he saw Absalom hanging in an oak, and declared that, if a thousand shekels of silver were offered him, he would not have put forth his hand against him, ( 2 Samuel 18:10-12 ) ; though some think this was one of the ten young men that waited on Joab, and by his orders slew Absalom; but it would have been dangerous for one of these to have carried the tidings, had he been known by David to have done it:

go tell the king what thou hast seen:
by which it should seem that he was present when Absalom was killed:

and Cushi bowed himself unto Joab;
in reverence to him as his general, and in thankfulness for sending him on this errand:

and ran;
as fast as he could.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Pirke Eliezer, c. 53.

2 Samuel 18:21 In-Context

19 Ajimaz hijo de Sadoc le propuso a Joab:—Déjame ir corriendo para avisarle al rey que el SEÑOR lo ha librado del poder de sus enemigos.

20 —No le llevarás esta noticia hoy —le respondió Joab—. Podrás hacerlo en otra ocasión, pero no hoy, pues ha muerto el hijo del rey.

21 Entonces Joab se dirigió a un soldado cusita y le ordenó:—Ve tú y dile al rey lo que has visto.El cusita se inclinó ante Joab y salió corriendo.

22 Pero Ajimaz hijo de Sadoc insistió:—Pase lo que pase, déjame correr con el cusita.—Pero muchacho —respondió Joab—, ¿para qué quieres ir? ¡Ni pienses que te van a dar una recompensa por la noticia!

23 —Pase lo que pase, quiero ir.—Anda, pues.Ajimaz salió corriendo por la llanura y se adelantó al cusita.