2 Samuel 18:25 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁵And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.

2 Samuel 18:25 —

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Ahimaaz Cities Guard Sentry Vigilance Walls, of the Cities War Watchman

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 19-33)

Absalom’s business is done; and we are now told, I. How David was informed of it. He staid behind at the city of Mahanaim, some miles from the wood where the battle was, and in the utmost border of the land. Absalom’s scattered forces all made homeward toward Jordan, which was the contrary way from Mahanaim, so that his watchmen could not perceive how the battle went, till an express came on purpo…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 25)

24-32. David sat between the two gates--that is, in the tower-house on the wall that overhung the gate of Mahanaim. Near it was a watchtower, on which a sentinel was posted, as in times of war, to notify every occurrence. The delicacy of Ahimaaz’ communication was made up by the unmistakable plainness of Cushi’s. The death of Absalom was a heavy trial, and it is impossible not to sympathize with t…