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2 Samuel 18:19--19:7

18:19

Then said
<0559> (8804)

Ahimaaz
<0290>

the son
<01121>

of Zadok
<06659>_,

Let me now run
<07323> (8799)_,

and bear
<01319> (0)

the king
<04428>

tidings
<01319> (8762)_,

how that the LORD
<03068>

hath avenged
<08199> (8804)

him of his enemies
<03027> <0341> (8802)_.

{avenged...: Heb. judged him from the hand, etc}

18:20

And Joab
<03097>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Thou
<0376>

shalt not bear tidings
<01309>

this day
<03117>_,

but thou shalt bear tidings
<01319> (8765)

another
<0312>

day
<03117>_:

but this day
<03117>

thou shalt bear no tidings
<01319> (8762)_,

because the king's
<04428>

son
<01121>

is dead
<04191> (8804)_.

{bear tidings this: Heb. be a man of tidings, etc}

18:21

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Joab
<03097>

to Cushi
<03569>_,

Go
<03212> (8798)

tell
<05046> (8685)

the king
<04428>

what thou hast seen
<07200> (8804)_.

And Cushi
<03569>

bowed
<07812> (8691)

himself unto Joab
<03097>_,

and ran
<07323> (8799)_.

18:22

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Ahimaaz
<0290>

the son
<01121>

of Zadok
<06659>

yet again
<03254> (8686)

to Joab
<03097>_,

But howsoever
<04100>_,

let me, I pray thee, also run
<07323> (8799)

after
<0310>

Cushi
<03569>_.

And Joab
<03097>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Wherefore wilt thou run
<07323> (8801)_,

my son
<01121>_,

seeing that thou hast no tidings
<01309>

ready
<04672> (8802)_?

{howsoever: Heb. be what may} {ready: or, convenient}

18:23

But howsoever, [said he], let me run
<07323> (8799)_.

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Run
<07323> (8798)_.

Then Ahimaaz
<0290>

ran
<07323> (8799)

by the way
<01870>

of the plain
<03603>_,

and overran
<05674> (8799)

Cushi
<03569>_.

18:24

And David
<01732>

sat
<03427> (8802)

between the two
<08147>

gates
<08179>_:

and the watchman
<06822> (8802)

went up
<03212> (8799)

to the roof
<01406>

over the gate
<08179>

unto the wall
<02346>_,

and lifted up
<05375> (8799)

his eyes
<05869>_,

and looked
<07200> (8799)_,

and behold a man
<0376>

running
<07323> (8801)

alone.

18:25

And the watchman
<06822> (8802)

cried
<07121> (8799)_,

and told
<05046> (8686)

the king
<04428>_.

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

If he [be] alone, [there is] tidings
<01309>

in his mouth
<06310>_.

And he came
<03212> (8799)

apace
<01980> (8800)_,

and drew near
<07131>_.

18:26

And the watchman
<06822> (8802)

saw
<07200> (8799)

another
<0312>

man
<0376>

running
<07323> (8801)_:

and the watchman
<06822> (8802)

called
<07121> (8799)

unto the porter
<07778>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Behold [another] man
<0376>

running
<07323> (8801)

alone. And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

He also bringeth tidings
<01319> (8764)_.

18:27

And the watchman
<06822> (8802)

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Me thinketh
<07200> (8802)

the running
<04794>

of the foremost
<07223>

is like the running
<04794>

of Ahimaaz
<0290>

the son
<01121>

of Zadok
<06659>_.

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

He [is] a good
<02896>

man
<0376>_,

and cometh
<0935> (8799)

with good
<02896>

tidings
<01309>_.

{Me...: Heb. I see the running}

18:28

And Ahimaaz
<0290>

called
<07121> (8799)_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>_,

All is well
<07965>_.

And he fell down
<07812> (8691)

to the earth
<0776>

upon his face
<0639>

before the king
<04428>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Blessed
<01288> (8803)

[be] the LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>_,

which hath delivered up
<05462> (8765)

the men
<0582>

that lifted up
<05375> (8804)

their hand
<03027>

against my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_.

{All...: or, Peace be to thee: Heb. Peace} {delivered...: Heb. shut up}

18:29

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Is the young man
<05288>

Absalom
<053>

safe
<07965>_?

And Ahimaaz
<0290>

answered
<0559> (8799)_,

When Joab
<03097>

sent
<07971> (8800)

the king's
<04428>

servant
<05650>_,

and [me] thy servant
<05650>_,

I saw
<07200> (8804)

a great
<01419>

tumult
<01995>_,

but I knew
<03045> (8804)

not what [it was]. {Is...: Heb. Is there peace?}

18:30

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

[unto him], Turn aside
<05437> (8798)_,

[and] stand
<03320> (8690)

here
<03541>_.

And he turned aside
<05437> (8735)_,

and stood still
<05975> (8799)_.

18:31

And, behold, Cushi
<03569>

came
<0935> (8802)_;

and Cushi
<03569>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Tidings
<01319> (8691)_,

my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_:

for the LORD
<03068>

hath avenged
<08199> (8804)

thee this day
<03117>

of all them
<03027>

that rose up
<06965> (8801)

against thee. {Tidings: Heb. Tidings is brought}

18:32

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Cushi
<03569>_,

Is the young man
<05288>

Absalom
<053>

safe
<07965>_?

And Cushi
<03569>

answered
<0559> (8799)_,

The enemies
<0341> (8802)

of my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_,

and all that rise
<06965> (8804)

against thee to do [thee] hurt
<07451>_,

be as [that] young man
<05288>

[is].

18:33

And the king
<04428>

was much moved
<07264> (8799)_,

and went up
<05927> (8799)

to the chamber
<05944>

over the gate
<08179>_,

and wept
<01058> (8799)_:

and as he went
<03212> (8800)_,

thus he said
<0559> (8804)_,

O my son
<01121>

Absalom
<053>_,

my son
<01121>_,

my son
<01121>

Absalom
<053>_!

would God I had died
<04191> (8800)

for thee
<05414> (8799)_,

O Absalom
<053>_,

my son
<01121>_,

my son
<01121>_!

19:1

And it was told
<05046> (8714)

Joab
<03097>_,

Behold, the king
<04428>

weepeth
<01058> (8802)

and mourneth
<056> (8691)

for Absalom
<053>_.

19:2

And the victory
<08668>

that day
<03117>

was [turned] into mourning
<060>

unto all the people
<05971>_:

for the people
<05971>

heard
<08085> (8804)

say
<0559> (8800)

that day
<03117>

how the king
<04428>

was grieved
<06087> (8738)

for his son
<01121>_.

{victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance}

19:3

And the people
<05971>

gat
<0935> (8800)

them by stealth
<01589> (8691)

that day
<03117>

into the city
<05892>_,

as people
<05971>

being ashamed
<03637> (8737)

steal away
<01589> (8691)

when they flee
<05127> (8800)

in battle
<04421>_.

19:4

But the king
<04428>

covered
<03813> (8804)

his face
<06440>_,

and the king
<04428>

cried
<02199> (8799)

with a loud
<01419>

voice
<06963>_,

O my son
<01121>

Absalom
<053>_,

O Absalom
<053>_,

my son
<01121>_,

my son
<01121>_!

19:5

And Joab
<03097>

came
<0935> (8799)

into the house
<01004>

to the king
<04428>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thou hast shamed
<03001> (8689)

this day
<03117>

the faces
<06440>

of all thy servants
<05650>_,

which this day
<03117>

have saved
<04422> (8764)

thy life
<05315>_,

and the lives
<05315>

of thy sons
<01121>

and of thy daughters
<01323>_,

and the lives
<05315>

of thy wives
<0802>_,

and the lives
<05315>

of thy concubines
<06370>_;

19:6

In that thou lovest
<0157> (8800)

thine enemies
<08130> (8802)_,

and hatest
<08130> (8800)

thy friends
<0157> (8802)_.

For thou hast declared
<05046> (8689)

this day
<03117>_,

that thou regardest neither princes
<08269>

nor servants
<05650>_:

for this day
<03117>

I perceive
<03045> (8804)_,

that if
<03863>

Absalom
<053>

had lived
<02416>_,

and all we had died
<04191> (8801)

this day
<03117>_,

then it had pleased thee well
<03477> <05869>_.

{in...: Heb. By loving, etc} {that thou regardest...: Heb. that princes or servants are not to thee}

19:7

Now therefore arise
<06965> (8798)_,

go forth
<03318> (8798)_,

and speak
<01696> (8761)

comfortably
<03820>

unto thy servants
<05650>_:

for I swear
<07650> (8738)

by the LORD
<03068>_,

if thou go not forth
<03318> (8802)_,

there will not tarry
<03885> (8799)

one
<0376>

with thee this night
<03915>_:

and that will be worse
<07489> (8804)

unto thee than all the evil
<07451>

that befell
<0935> (8804)

thee from thy youth
<05271>

until now. {comfortably...: Heb. to the heart of thy servants}