2 Samuel 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.
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Gill's Exposition
And the watchman said, me thinketh,.... Or, "I see" (b); I perceive, so it appears to me:
that the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok; who it seems was well…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
He is a good man, &c. The king rightly judged, that Joab would not choose a distinguished messenger like Ahimaaz to carry bad news (2Sa 18:18).
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