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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 18:22

Seeing … thou hast no tidings ready. This was not true; there were most important tidings ready. But it is the translation which is in fault. What Joab said is, "Seeing thou hast no tidings that find," that is, no message that will find for thee the king's favour and a reward. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 18:23

Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain; Hebrew, the kikkar, or Jordan valley. The battle, as we saw in 2 Samuel 18:6 , was fought on the eastern side of the river, and Absalom's army, in their flight, would endeavour to reach the fords of the Jordan (comp. 12:5 ); and probably Joab had pursued them for some distance before the man found in the thicket the body of the unfortunate Absalom. The large slaughter of twenty thousand men ( 2 Samuel 18:7 ) proves that the defeated rebels were... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 18:24

David sat between the two gates. The gateway was in a tower in the city walls, and David was sitting in the space between the inner and outer gates. Over this space was a chamber, mentioned in 2 Samuel 18:33 , while the sentinel was posted upon the front wall over the outer gate. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 18:25

If he be alone. In case of defeat there would have been a crowd of runaways in eager flight. And when soon afterwards a second courier is seen, as he also is alone, and comes by a different route, his appearance only suggests the idea of completer tidings. And quickly the foremost is recognized by his running as the son of the high priest, and David is then assured that all has gone well, because Joab would not have sent a man of such rank to be the bearer of bad news. The word good may... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 18:27

A good messenger of good news. "He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings." Underlying this phrase is probably the feeling that there is a congruity between good tidings and a good man. David may have thought that such a messenger as Ahimaaz would not have been sent with bad news; and, indeed, Joab was unwilling that he should run with the news, because he knew how grievous part of it would be to David. It may be permissible to take these words as applicable to the proclaimers of the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 18:23

The plain - The floor of the valley through which the Jordan runs. The Cushite did not run by that road, but took the road over the hills, which may well have been the shorter but also the more difficult road. The two roads would probably meet a short distance from Mahanaim. These words, which have been thought to prove that the battle took place on the west of Jordan, are a clear proof that it took place on the east, because if the runners had had to cross the Jordan, they must both have come... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 18:22

2 Samuel 18:22. Wherefore wilt thou run, my son? So he terms him, both with respect to his younger years, and to that true and tender affection which he had for him. Seeing thou hast no tidings ready Art not acquainted with the particulars of the fight, of which I have not time to inform thee. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 18:24

2 Samuel 18:24. David sat between the two gates It is probable the gates of cities then were, as they now generally are, large and thick, and that, for greater security, they had two gates, one more outward, and the other inward. Here the king sat, that he might hear tidings as soon as they came to the city. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 18:25

2 Samuel 18:25. If he be alone, there are tidings in his mouth He is sent with some special message, which was a very probable conjecture, and that he brought good news; for if he had run, or fled from the enemy, many others would have followed him. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 18:27-29

2 Samuel 18:27-29. He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings He is true to my interest, and loves me well, and therefore would not afflict me with evil tidings. Blessed be the Lord thy God, which hath delivered. &c. Like a truly religious man, he ascribes the victory which they had obtained unto the Lord; who still showed his mercy unto David, and continued to be his God and benefactor. Is the young man Absalom safe? David is so much a father that he forgets he is a king;... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 18:22

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 18:23

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 18:24

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 18:25

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 18:27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 18:23

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 18:22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 18:24

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 18:25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 18:27-29

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