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2 Samuel 18:26

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the watchman saw another man running, and he called out to the gatekeeper, “Look! Another man is running alone!” “This one also brings good news,” said the king.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold, another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.

KJV

And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.

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This verse in 2 Samuel 18

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

David sat between the two gates--that is, in the tower-house on the wall that overhung the gate of Mahanaim. Near it was a watchtower, on which a sentinel was posted, as in times of war, to notify every occurrence.

This site's exposition

David was sitting between the two gates

on 2 Samuel 18:24-27

David sits between the two gates while a watchman sees a man running alone. The king takes a lone runner as good news, since a rout would scatter men. The watchman thinks the first man runs “like Ahimaaz son of Zadok”, and David answers, “This is a good man”.

This site's exposition

Another man is running alone!

The watchman calls to the gatekeeper below, who keeps the gate under the watchtower. John Gill notes that armies commonly sent one messenger after another as fresh news came in. David takes a second runner as more good news.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And the watchman saw another man running,.... At a further distance: and the watchman called unto the porter; that kept the gate, under which the watchtower was: and said, behold, another man runneth alone; as the other, and has the same appearance of a messenger: and the king said, he also bringeth tidings; it being usual then, as now, to dispatch one messenger after another, as fresh accounts coming in made it necessary.

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיַּ֣רְאand he saw

    vaiyar'H7200 →1300 times

  • הַצֹּפֶה֮the watchman

    hatzopehH6822 →36 times

  • אִישׁ־a man

    ʾish-H376 →1663 times

  • אַחֵ֣רanother

    ʾacherH312 →166 times

  • רָץ֒running

    ratzH7323 →103 times

  • וַיִּקְרָ֤אand he called out

    vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times

  • הַצֹּפֶה֙the watchman

    hatzopehH6822 →36 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הַשֹּׁעֵ֔רthe gatekeeper

    hashoerH7778 →

  • וַיֹּ֕אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • הִנֵּה־there!

    hineh-H2009 →843 times

  • אִ֖ישׁa man

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • רָ֣ץ[is] running

    ratzH7323 →103 times

  • לְבַדּ֑וֹto only him

    levadoH905 →200 times

  • וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • גַּם־also

    gam-H1571 →769 times

  • זֶ֥הthis one

    zehH2088 →1180 times

  • מְבַשֵּֽׂר׃[is] bearing news

    mevaserH1319 →24 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

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Where this verse is studied

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About 2 Samuel

The Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
2 Samuel: the study guide →Read 2 Samuel 18 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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