2 Samuel 18:29

29 —¿Y está bien el joven Absalón? —preguntó el rey.Ajimaz respondió:—En el momento en que tu siervo Joab me enviaba, vi que se armó un gran alboroto, pero no pude saber 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 centinela añadió:—Me parece que el primero corre como Ajimaz hijo de Sadoc.—Es un buen hombre —comentó el rey—; seguro que trae buenas noticias.

28 Ajimaz llegó y saludó al rey postrándose rostro en tierra, y le dijo:—¡Bendito sea el SEÑOR, Dios de Su Majestad, pues nos ha entregado a los que se habían rebelado en contra suya!

29 —¿Y está bien el joven Absalón? —preguntó el rey.Ajimaz respondió:—En el momento en que tu siervo Joab me enviaba, vi que se armó un gran alboroto, pero no pude saber lo que pasaba.

30 —Pasa y quédate ahí —le dijo el rey.Ajimaz se hizo a un lado.

31 Entonces llegó el cusita y anunció:—Le traigo buenas noticias a Su Majestad. El SEÑOR lo ha librado hoy de todos los que se habían rebelado en contra suya.