2 Samuel 18:28

28 Então Aimaás aproximou-se do rei e o saudou. Prostrou-se com o rosto em terra, diante do rei e disse: “Bendito seja o SENHOR, o teu Deus! Ele entregou os homens que se rebelaram 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 vinha correndo e gritou ao porteiro: “Vem outro homem correndo sozinho!”“Esse também deve estar trazendo boa notícia!”, exclamou o rei.

27 A sentinela disse: “Está me parecendo, pelo jeito de correr, que o da frente é Aimaás, filho de Zadoque”.“É um bom homem”, disse o rei. “Ele traz boas notícias”.

28 Então Aimaás aproximou-se do rei e o saudou. Prostrou-se com o rosto em terra, diante do rei e disse: “Bendito seja o SENHOR, o teu Deus! Ele entregou os homens que se rebelaram contra o rei, meu senhor”.

29 O rei perguntou: “O jovem Absalão está bem?”Aimaás respondeu: “Vi que houve grande confusão quando Joabe, o servo do rei, ia enviar teu servo, mas não sei o que aconteceu”.

30 O rei disse: “Fique ali ao lado esperando”. E Aimaás ficou esperando.