2 Samuel 18:29

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru

Lalu bertanyalah raja: "Selamatkah Absalom, orang muda itu?" Jawab Ahimaas: "Aku melihat keributan yang besar, ketika Yoab menyuruh pergi hamba raja, hambamu ini, tetapi aku tidak tahu apa itu."

Parallel Translations

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari
Lalu bertanyalah raja: "Selamatkah Absalom, orang muda itu?" Jawab Ahimaas: "Aku melihat keributan yang besar, ketika Yoab menyuruh pergi hamba raja, hambamu ini, tetapi aku tidak tahu apa itu."

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka titah baginda: Adakah baik orang muda, si Absalom itu? Maka sembah Ahimaaz: Bahwa patik telah melihat huru-hara besar, tatkala disuruhkan Yoab akan patik tuanku itu dan patik ini, tetapi tiada patik mengetahui akan ketentuannya.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Is the young man Absalom safe: Heb. is there peace to, etc. I saw a great. 2 Samuel 18:19, 2 Samuel 18:20, 2 Samuel 18:22

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king said, is the young man Absalom safe?.... Or, is there "peace" f to him? you say there is peace, and that prosperity and success have attended my army; but what peace has Absalom? is he well, and in safety? David seemed more concerned for him than for his army and the success of it; and even suggests as if it was nothing if Absalom was not safe, so great were his affections towards him:

and Ahimaaz answered, when Joab sent the king's servant; which was Cushi, the first messenger, whose office perhaps it was to be one of the king's messengers, and therefore called his servant:

and [me] thy servant: Ahimaaz himself who was sent after the other:

I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what [it was]; he perceived that the tidings of the death of Absalom would be disagreeable to the king, and therefore concealed it from him; and though a good man, he cannot be excused from lying, for certainly he knew that Absalom was dead, as appears from 2 Samuel 18:19; though indeed what he said might be true, that after Joab had sent him and Cushi, as the Targum paraphrases it, he saw a company of people gathered together in a tumultuous manner, the meaning of which he knew not; but then this was no other than an evasion.

f שלום לנער "estne pax puero?" V. L. "pax puero", Pagninus, Montanus.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 18:29. I saw a great tumult — It was very probable that Ahimaaz did not know of the death of Absalom; he had seen the rout of his army, but did not know of his death. Others think he knew all, and told this untruth that he might not be the messenger of bad news to David.