2 Samuel 18:29

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."

Parallel Translations

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."

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.

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ Then sayd Ahimaaz the sonne of Sadoc: Let me runne nowe and beare the king tydinges, how that the Lord hath iudged him quyte of the hande of his enemies. ²⁰ And Ioab sayd vnto him: Thou art no man to beare tidinges to day, thou shalt beare tydinges another time: but to day thou shalt beare none, because the kinges sonne is dead. ²¹ Then sayd Ioab to Chusi: Go and tell the kyng what thou hast seene. And Chusi bowed him selfe vnto Ioab, and ranne. ²² Then sayd Ahimaaz the sonne of Sadoc againe to Ioab: What I pray thee, if I also runne after Chusi? And Ioab sayde: Wherfore wilt thou runne my sonne, seyng that thou hast no tydinges to bring? ²³ Yet what if I runne? He said vnto him: Runne. Then Ahimaaz ranne by the way of the playne, & came before Chusi. ²⁴ And Dauid sate betweene the two gates: And the watchman went vp to the roofe ouer the gate vnto the wal, and lift vp his eyes and sawe, & beholde there came a man runnyng alone. ²⁵ And the watchman cryed, & tolde the king. And the king sayd: If he be alone, there is tydinges in his mouth. And he came a pace, and drewe neare. ²⁶ And the watchman sawe another man running, and the watchman called vnto the porter, and sayd: Behold, there commeth another man running alone. And the king sayd: He is also a tydinges bringer. ²⁷ And the watchman sayde: Me thinketh the running of the formost, is lyke the running of Ahimaaz the sonne of Sadoc. The king sayde: He is a good man, and commeth with good tidinges. ²⁸ And Ahimaaz called & said vnto ye king, peace be with thee: And he fell downe to the earth vpo his face before the king, and sayd: Blessed be the Lord thy God, which hath shut vp the me that lift vp their handes against my lorde the king.

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

Cross-References

Ephesians 6:18
Praying alwayes in all prayer and supplication in the spirite, and watche thervnto with all instaunce and supplication, for all saintes,

Hebrews 4:16
Let vs therfore come boldly vnto the throne of grace, that we may obteyne mercie, and fynde grace to helpe in time of neede.

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.