27<\/strong>. He is a good man<\/em>, &c.] The king rightly judged, that Joab would not choose a distinguished messenger like Ahimaaz to carry bad news ( 2Sa 18:20<\/em><\/span>).<\/p>\n He loves me well, and therefore would not afflict me with evil tidings. <\/P> <\/p>\n And the watchman said, me thinketh<\/strong>,…. Or, “I see” b; I perceive, so it appears to me:<\/p>\n that the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok<\/strong>; 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 c 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 d was an hundred miles: this watchman must be one of David’s sentinels, who was well acquainted with the people about him:<\/p>\n and the king said, he [is] a good man, and cometh with good tidings<\/strong>; 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.<\/p>\n b , Sept. “ego videns”, Montanus; “video”, Tigurine version. c T. Hieros. Taanioth, fol. 68. 3. d Travels, p. 200.<\/p>\n When the watchman saw by the running of the first that it was Ahimaaz, recognising him probably by the swiftness of his running, and announced it to the king, he replied, “He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings,” because Joab would not have selected him to bring any other than good news.<\/p>\n DAVID AT MAHANAIM, 2Sa 18:27-29<\/span>.<\/p>\n 27<\/strong>. <\/strong> Shobi the son of Nahash <\/strong> And therefore the brother of Hanun, who so shamefully treated David’s servants. 2Sa 10:1-4<\/span>. Unlike Hanun he showed kindness to David, as his father had done. Josephus calls him the ruler of the Ammonites, and it is probable that he joined not with his brother in the war with Israel, and that after the fall of Rabbah, David placed him over the subjected territory. <\/p>\n Machir <\/strong> The friend and protector also of Mephibosheth. 2Sa 9:4<\/span>. <\/p>\n Barzillai <\/strong> An aged and very wealthy man, as we further learn from 2Sa 19:32<\/span>. <\/p>\n Rogelim <\/strong> A place in Gilead now unknown.<\/p>\n 27<\/strong>. <\/strong> Methinketh <\/strong> Rather, as the margin, I see the running of the foremost, <\/em> etc. The swift-footed Ahimaaz was well known for his fleetness. <\/p>\n He is a good man <\/strong> One of the most valuable and cheering of all the tidings David ever received was borne by this messenger, (comp. 2Sa 15:31<\/span>; 2Sa 15:34 ; 2Sa 17:14-17<\/span>,) and this fact made Ahimaaz to be loved by him.<\/p>\n 2Sa 18:27 And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He [is] a good man, and cometh with good tidings.<\/p>\n Ver. 27. He is a good man.<\/strong> ] We should have the same good esteem of God’s faithful ministers, whose “feet,” if they be not “beautiful” to us, how much more their faces! – it is a sign that our hearts are foul with infidelity and secure worldliness.<\/p>\n good. Compare 1Ki 1:42. <\/p>\n thinketh: Heb. I see, 2Ki 9:20 <\/p>\n He is a good: 1Ki 1:42, Pro 25:13, Pro 25:25, Isa 52:7, Rom 10:15 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 24:54 – Send me 2Sa 18:19 – Ahimaaz 2Sa 18:20 – because 1Ch 6:8 – Ahimaaz Act 11:24 – he was Rom 5:7 – a good<\/p>\n 2Sa 18:27-29. He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings He is true to my interest, and loves me well, and therefore would not afflict me with evil tidings. Blessed be the Lord thy God, which hath delivered. &c. Like a truly religious man, he ascribes the victory which they had obtained unto the Lord; who still showed his mercy unto David, and continued to be his God and benefactor. Is the young man Absalom safe? David is so much a father that he forgets he is a king; and therefore cannot rejoice in the news of victory till he knows whether his son be safe; for whom his heart trembled, almost as much as Elis, in a like case, for the ark of God. Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the kings servant That is, Cushi, who appears by this to have been one belonging to the court; I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was He dissembled his knowledge of Absaloms death; and perhaps in this said true, that he did not know the particular manner of it; though it appears plainly from 2Sa 18:20, that he knew he was dead. The king, doubtless, apprehended the worst, and he was thus, in some degree, prepared for the afflictive information Cushi was to give him. <\/p>\n 18:27 And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He [is] a {i} good man, and cometh with good tidings.<\/p>\n (i) He had experienced his fidelity, 2Sa 17:21.<\/p>\n And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He [is] a good man, and cometh with good tidings. 27. 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