2 Samuel 18:28
in 2 Samuel 18Then Ahimaaz called out to the king, “All is well!” And he bowed facedown before the king. He continued, “Blessed be the LORD your God! He has delivered up the men who raised their hands against my lord the king.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he bowed himself before the king with his face to the earth, and said, Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
KJV
And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the Lord thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 18
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Ahimaaz called - This marks the eager haste with which, before he had quite reached the king, he shouted out the pithy decisive word of good tidings, “Shalom!” Peace! Hath delivered - See the margin. The figure seems to be that of confining a person within the power of his enemy, in opposition to “giving him his liberty” “in a large room,” to work what mischief he pleases.
This site's exposition
Blessed be the LORD your God
on 2 Samuel 18:28-29
Ahimaaz calls out that all is well and blesses the LORD. When David asks whether “the young man Absalom” is all right, Ahimaaz answers he saw a great tumult but does not know what it was. Adam Clarke and John Gill both weigh whether he already knew Absalom was dead.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
"They are all cut off that lifted up their hands against the king; " and, as became a priest, while he gives the king the joy of it, he gives God the glory of it, the God of peace and war, the God of salvation and victory: " Blessed be the Lord thy God, that has done this for thee, as thy God, pursuant to the promises made to uphold thy throne," ch. vii.
And Ahimaaz called and said unto the king,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
The words behind it
24 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְרָ֣א | vaiyikra' | and he called out | H7121 → | 733 times |
| אֲחִימַ֗עַץ | ʾachimaatz | Ahimaaz | H290 → | 15 times |
| וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| שָׁל֔וֹם | shalom | peace | H7965 → | 236 times |
| וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּ | vaiyishtachu | and he bowed down | H7812 → | 172 times |
| לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ | lamelekh | to the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| לְאַפָּ֖יו | leapav | to face his | H639 → | 276 times |
| אָ֑רְצָה ס | ʾaretzah | [the] ground towards | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| בָּרוּךְ֙ | barukh | blessed | H1288 → | 330 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | [be] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ | ʾeloheikha | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| סִגַּר֙ | sigar | he has delivered up | H5462 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים | haanashim | the men | H582 → | 566 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נָשְׂא֥וּ | naseu | they lifted up | H5375 → | 656 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יָדָ֖ם | yadam | hand their | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| בַּֽאדֹנִ֥י | badoni | against lord my | H113 → | 333 times |
| הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
וַיִּקְרָ֣אand he called out
vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times
אֲחִימַ֗עַץAhimaaz
ʾachimaatzH290 →15 times
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
שָׁל֔וֹםpeace
shalomH7965 →236 times
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּand he bowed down
vaiyishtachuH7812 →172 times
לַמֶּ֛לֶךְto the king
lamelekhH4428 →2525 times
לְאַפָּ֖יוto face his
leapavH639 →276 times
אָ֑רְצָה ס[the] ground towards
ʾaretzahH776 →2504 times
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
בָּרוּךְ֙blessed
barukhH1288 →330 times
יְהוָ֣ה[be] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָGod your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
סִגַּר֙he has delivered up
sigarH5462 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔יםthe men
haanashimH582 →566 times
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
נָשְׂא֥וּthey lifted up
naseuH5375 →656 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יָדָ֖םhand their
yadamH3027 →1618 times
בַּֽאדֹנִ֥יagainst lord my
badoniH113 →333 times
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃the king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 24:27saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to…
it leads to
- Genesis 24:48
Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother…
- Ruth 4:14
Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.
- Psalms 98:3
He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- Genesis 24:48
Through
Genesis 14:20and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
it leads to
- Genesis 28:22
And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”
- Hebrews 7:4–9
Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder.
- Nehemiah 13:12
and all Judah brought a tenth of the grain, new wine, and oil into the storerooms.
- Genesis 28:22
Through
2 Samuel 1:2On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 25:23
When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 4:12
That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
- 1 Samuel 25:23
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Samuel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.