28And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
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And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
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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…
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