2 Samuel 18:26

26 The watchman saw another man running, and crying aloud from above, he said: I see another man running alone. And the king said: He also is a good messenger.

2 Samuel 18:26 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 18:26

And the watchman saw another man running
At a further distance:

and the watchman called unto the porter;
that kept the gate, under which the watchtower was:

and said, behold, [another] man runneth alone;
as the other, and has the same appearance of a messenger:

and the king said, he also bringeth tidings;
it being usual then, as now, to dispatch one messenger after another, as fresh accounts coming in made it necessary.

2 Samuel 18:26 In-Context

24 And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman that was on the top of the gate upon the wall, lifting up his eyes, saw a man running alone.

25 And crying out he told the king: and the king said: If he be alone, there are good tidings in his mouth. And as he was coming apace, and drawing nearer,

26 The watchman saw another man running, and crying aloud from above, he said: I see another man running alone. And the king said: He also is a good messenger.

27 And the watchman said: The running of the foremost seemeth to me like the running of Achimaas the son of Sadoc. And the king said: He is a good man: and cometh with good news.

28 And Achimaas crying out, said to the king: God save thee, O king. And falling down before the king with his face to the ground, he said: Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath shut up the men that have lifted up their hands against the lord my king.