What does 2 Samuel 18:19 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avengedd him of his enemies."
Ahimaaz was a well-known runner 2 Samuel 18:27. Speed was a heroic virtue in those simple times (compare 2 Samuel 2:18). In Hezekiah’s reign 2 Chronicles 30:6, 2 Chronicles 30:10 we find an establishm...
8. THE CIVIL WAR AND ABSALOM'S DEATH CHAPTER 18 _ 1. The battle in the forest of Ephraim (2 Samuel 18:1)_ 2. The death of Absalom (2 Samuel 18:9) 3. The tidings of his death and David's grief (2 S...
1 SAMUEL 18:1 TO 1 SAMUEL 19:8. DEFEAT AND DEATH OF ABSALOM. DAVID'S GRIEF (J). 2 SAMUEL 18:1. Absalom's followers are defeated with great slaughter. Nothing is known as to the battle-field, the For...
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....
The news carried to David 19. _hath avenged him of his enemies_ Lit. _judged him out of the hand of his enemies_: pronounced a favourable verdict in his cause and delivered him. Cp. 1 Samuel 24:15; P...
_David's Lament for Absalom._ 2 Samuel 18:19-33 19 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the Lord hath avenged him of his enemies. 20 And Joab said u...
_THEN SAID AHIMAAZ THE SON OF ZADOK, LET ME NOW RUN, AND BEAR THE KING TIDINGS, HOW THAT THE LORD HATH AVENGED HIM OF HIS ENEMIES._ Then said Ahimaaz ... Let me now run and bear the king tidings. The...
THE DEFEAT AND DEATH OF ABSALOM 1. Numbered] rather, 'mustered.'...
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 18 DAVID’S MEN DEFEAT AND KILL ABSALOM V1 David counted the soldiers who were with him. He appointed men to command groups of 1000...
וַ אֲחִימַ֤עַץ בֶּן ־צָדֹוק֙ אָמַ֔ר אָר֣וּצָה נָּ֔א וַ אֲבַשְּׂרָ֖ה אֶת ־הַ מֶּ֑לֶךְ כִּי ־שְׁפָטֹ֥ו...
CHAPTER XXIV. _ DAVID'S GRIEF FOR ABSALOM._ 2 Samuel 18:19; 2 Samuel 19:1. ''NEXT to the calamity of losing a battle," a great general used to say, "is that of gaining a victory." The battle in the...
TIDINGS THAT FAILED TO BRING JOY 2 Samuel 18:16 Ahimaaz was far-famed for his swift running. He had already served the royal cause, and his family was intimate with the king, 2 Samuel 15:36; 2 Samue...
The delay advised by Hushai resulted in multitudes gathering to David, and at last the day of battle between those loyal to him and Absalom's followers arrived. Two men attract our attention, David an...
(19) В¶ Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies. (20) And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this...
In the sketch proposed of these books of scripture there is of course no pretension to notice every point of interest they contain, but only a general comprehensive view, as far as the Lord enables me...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 14 THROUGH 20. David's partiality for Absalom had yet other and more painful results, and heavy chastisements. It is painful to see the conqueror of Goliath...
THEN SAID AHIMAAZ THE SON OF ZADOK,.... To Joab; for it seems he stayed with the army when he with Jonathan brought the message from Hushai to David: LET ME NOW RUN, AND BEAR THE KING TIDINGS HOW THA...
_Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies._ Ver. 19. _And bear the king tidings._] Who could not but much long...
_Let me now run_ Ahimaaz wished to be made the messenger of this good success to the king; but Joab, who loved him, and knew how disagreeable the account of Absalom's death would be to David, refused...
1 Dauid viewing the armies in their march, giueth them charge of Absalom. 6 The Israelites are sore smitten in the wood of Ephraim. 9 Absalom hanging in an Oke, is slaine by Ioab, and cast into a pi...
Then said Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, who was with the troops, LET ME NOW RUN AND BEAR THE KING TIDINGS HOW THAT THE LORD HATH AVENGED HIM OF HIS ENEMIES, it was the direct divine interposition which h...
David had taken full advantage of the delay that Hushai had counselled to Absalom, with large numbers of the people being gathered to David. Now the time comes for war with Absalom, who has considered...
AVENGED HIM OF HIS ENEMIES: _ Heb._ judged him from the hand etc....
19-33 By directing David to give God thanks for his victory, Ahimaaz prepared him for the news of his son's death. The more our hearts are fixed and enlarged, in thanksgiving to God for our mercies,...
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2 Samuel 18:19 Ahimaaz H290 son H1121 Zadok H6659 said H559 (H8804) run H7323 (H8799) news H1319 (H8762) king H4428 LORD H3068 avenged H8199 (H8804) enemies H3027 H341 (H8802) Ahimaaz - 2 Samuel 18:2...
CONTENTS: Battle of Mount Ephriam. Slaying of Absalom. CHARACTERS: God, David, Absalom, Joab, Abishai, Ittai, Ahimaaz, a Cushite. CONCLUSION: Those who exalt themselves shall be abased. It never pay...
2 Samuel 18:2. _A third part under Ittai,_ the Philistine general who had faithfully followed the fortunes of the king. 2 Samuel 18:6. _The wood of Ephraim_ lay beyond Jordan, and was not in the lot...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 18:19 TODAY YOU SHALL CARRY NO NEWS, BECAUSE THE KING’S SON IS DEAD. Joab does not seem to be hiding anything from David (GO, TELL THE KING WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN). But he appare...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 18:1. “DAVID NUMBERED,” etc. “The hardy mountaineers of Gilead came in great numbers at the call of their chieftains.”—_(Jamieson.)_ Josephus says the army nu...
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 18:1 AND DAVID NUMBERED. The verb really means that he organized his army, and arranged it in companies and divisions. As Absalom gathered all Israel to him, there would be some d...
So David numbered the people that were with him, and he set the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds. And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, a t...
2 Samuel 15:36; 2 Samuel 17:17; 2 Samuel 18:23; 2 Samuel 18:27; Psalms 10:14; Psalms 10:18; Psalms 7:6; Psalms 7:8; Psalms 7:9; Psalms 9:16