SEV Biblia, Chapter 18:27
Y el atalaya volvió a decir: Me parece el correr del primero como el correr de Ahimaas hijo de Sadoc. Y respondió el rey: Ese es hombre de bien, y viene con buena nueva.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 27. And the watchman said, me thinketh , etc.] Or, “I see” f322 ; I perceive, so it appears to me: that the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok ; who it seems was well known, and famous for his manner of running and swiftness in it, having been employed in carrying expresses before from Jerusalem to David, and his army, wheresoever they were; and some of these persons thus employed were very swift; we read of one that was a king’s messenger, that went from Jerusalem to Tyre, on the first of Elul, or August, in a night and a day; which, according to Bunting f324 was an hundred miles: this watchman must be one of David’s sentinels, who was well acquainted with the people about him: and the king said, he [is] a good man, and cometh with good tidings ; he knew he was a man of courage, and therefore was not one that fled, but must be a messenger; and that he was well affected to him, and would never be the messenger of evil tidings to him.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 19-33 - By directing David to give God thanks for his victory, Ahimaaz prepare him for the news of his son's death. The more our hearts are fixed an enlarged, in thanksgiving to God for our mercies, the better dispose we shall be to bear with patience the afflictions mixed with them. Some think David's wish arose from concern about Absalom's everlastin state; but he rather seems to have spoken without due thought. He is to be blamed for showing so great fondness for a graceless son. Also for quarrelling with Divine justice. And for opposing the justice of the nation, which, as king, he had to administer, and which ought to be preferred before natural affection. The best men are not always in good frame; we are apt to over-grieve for what we over-loved. But whil we learn from this example to watch and pray against sinful indulgence or neglect of our children, may we not, in David, perceive a shadow of the Saviour's love, who wept over, prayed for, and even suffered deat for mankind, though vile rebels and enemies __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 הצפה 6822 אני 589 ראה 7200 את 853 מרוצת 4794 הראשׁון 7223 כמרצת 4794 אחימעץ 290 בן 1121 צדוק 6659 ויאמר 559 המלך 4428 אישׁ 376 טוב 2896 זה 2088 ואל 413 בשׂורה 1309 טובה 2896 יבוא׃ 935
