Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.

Ver. 21. Then said Joab to Cushi.] a Cuidam Aethiopi; so Tremellius rendereth it; to a certain blackamoor, some slave that belonged to David's house, 2Sa 18:31 whose acceptance before the king Joab did not so much regard; and, because of his blackness, he might be the fitter messenger of such doleful tidings, as he knew it would be to David.

a Non est nomen proprium. - Vat.

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