And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
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Gill's Exposition
And the king said unto him, turn aside, and stand here,.... On the side of him, not far from him, until the other messenger came, that he might learn from them both the true state of the case:
and…
Adam Clarke
Stand here - He intended to confront two messengers, and compare their accounts.
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…
The news carried to David
19. hath avenged him of his enemies Lit. judged him out of the hand of his enemies: pronounced a favourable verdict in his cause and delivered him. Cp. 1Sa 24:15; Psa 43:1.