Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Ahimaaz was a well-known runner II Samuel 18:27. Speed was a heroic virtue in those simple times (compare II Samuel 2:18). In Hezekiah' s reign II Chronicles 30:6, II Chronicles 30:10 we find an establishment of running post-men; and the same name ("runners" ) is given Esther 3:13 to the Persian posts, though at that time they rode on mules and camels.
Bear tidings - The original word is used almost exclusively of bearing good tidings, and hence, is rendered in the Septuagint (though not always) ̓́ euangelizesthai II Samuel 4:10; I Samuel 31:9. In II Samuel 18:21, it is not "carry the good tidings," but "tell," simply "announce."
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Samuel 18:19:
1 Samuel 4:12
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