Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 18:31
And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.
31. Tidings, &c.] The phrase is not so abrupt in the Heb., and more suitable in the slave’s mouth. Let my lord the king receive the good tidings, that, &c.
hath avenged ] See note on 2Sa 18:19.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Tidings … – Rather, Let my lord the king receive the good tidings.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
And, behold, Cushi came,…. A little after:
and Cushi said, tidings, my lord the king; news is sent and brought by me, and good news it is:
for the Lord hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee; they are either killed or dispersed; there is an entire victory over them, and deliverance from them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The Cushite said, “Let my lord the king receive good tidings, for Jehovah hath procured thee justice to-day out of the hand of all who have risen up against thee” (cf. 2Sa 18:19).
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
2Sa 18:31 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.
Ver. 31. And, behold, Cushi came. ] Who was the king’s servant, 2Sa 18:29 and likely one of his footmen; but outrun by Ahimaaz, who left him the worst of the news to tell; as knowing that sick men do naturally loathe the very cup out of which they drink bitter potions.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Mourning Too Late
2Sa 18:31-33; 2Sa 19:1-8
What an awful day that was for David, seated between the inner and outer gates, scanning the landscape, and speaking now and again to the sentry posted above him. Did not the Spirit work an even deeper repentance than ever before, recalling the self-indulgence, the failure to watch, the lapse of fellowship? But was it not also an hour when David put his finger on the Covenant and asked God, notwithstanding all, to do as he had said, 2Sa 7:15?
As David waited, his heart interceded for Absalom. How exactly his attitude is that of many who read these words, who are unable to join in the activities of life, and who spend days and nights in uttering one dear name before God! But he loves our Absaloms more than we do! David wished that he might have died for his son, and you have felt the same. But did not Jesus die for the ungodly? We must leave all with Him, the Judge of all the earth, but also its Redeemer and Savior.
Fuente: F.B. Meyer’s Through the Bible Commentary
Tidings: Heb. Tidings is brought
the Lord: 2Sa 18:19, 2Sa 18:28, 2Sa 22:48, 2Sa 22:49, Deu 32:35, Deu 32:36, Psa 58:10, Psa 94:1-4, Psa 124:2, Psa 124:3, Luk 18:7, Luk 18:8, cushi was the man Joab ordered to carry the tidings to David. He was an Ethiopian, as his name signifies, and some think he was so by birth – a black, who waited on Joab, probably one of the ten who had helped to dispatch Absalom; though it was dangerous for one of those to bring the news to David, lest his fate should be the same with theirs that reported the death of Saul and Ishbosheth to him.
Reciprocal: Jdg 11:36 – forasmuch 2Sa 4:8 – the Lord Dan 4:19 – My Lord