2 Samuel 18:19
Ahimaaz.23,27-29; 15:36; 17:17avenged him. Heb. judged him from the hand, etc.Ps 7:6,8,9; 9:4,16; 10:14,18; Ro 12:19 2 Samuel 18:31
Tidings. Heb. Tidings is brought. the Lord.19,28; 22:48,49; De 32:35,36; Ps 58:10; 94:1-4; 124:2,3; Lu 18:7,8Cushi was the man Joab ordered to carry the tidings to David. He was an Ethiopian, as his name signifies, and some think he was so by birth--a black, who waited on Joab, probably one of the ten who had helped to dispatch Absalom; though it was dangerous for one of those to bring the news to David, lest his fate should be the same with theirs that reported the death of Saul and Ishbosheth to him. 2 Samuel 22:48
avengeth me. Heb. giveth avengement for me.18:19,31; 1Sa 25:30; Ps 94:1that bringeth.Ps 110:1; 144:2; 1Co 15:25 Luke 18:7-8
shall.11:13; Mt 7:11avenge.1Sa 24:12-15; 26:10,11; Ps 9:8; 10:15-18; 54:1-7; Jer 20:11-132Th 1:6; Re 6:10; 18:20which.2:37; Ps 88:1; 1Th 3:10; 1Ti 5:5; 2Ti 1:3; Re 7:15though.Ps 13:1,2; Hab 2:3; Heb 10:35-37 he will.Ps 46:5; 143:7-9; 2Pe 2:3; 3:8,9when.Mt 24:9-13,24; 1Th 5:1-3; Heb 10:23-26; Jas 5:1-8 Revelation of John 6:10
they cried.Ge 4:10; Ps 9:12; Lu 18:7,8; Heb 12:24How.Ps 13:1; 35:17; 74:9,10; 94:3,4; Da 8:13; 12:6; Zec 1:12holy.3:7; 15:3,4dost.11:18; 16:5-7; 18:20,24; 19:2; De 32:36-43; Jud 16:28; 1Sa 24:12Ps 58:10,11; Isa 61:2; 63:1-6; Lu 21:22; Ro 12:19; 2Th 1:6-8avenge.This seal seems a prediction of the terrible persecution of the church under Dioclesian and Maximian, from A.D. 270 to 304, which lasted longer, and was far more bloody, than any or all by which it was preceded, whence it was called "the æra of the martyrs." Revelation of John 18:20
Rejoice.19:1-3; Jud 5:31; Ps 48:11; 58:10; 96:11-13; 107:42; 109:28Pr 11:10; Isa 44:23; 49:13; Jer 51:47,48and ye.It is peculiarly worthy of remark, that the apostles, who are idolatrously honoured at Rome, and daily worshipped, should be specially mentioned as rejoicing in her fall; as if it "avenged them" on her, for the dishonour cast on their characters, while it vindicated the glory of God. Eph 2:20; 3:5; 4:11; 2Pe 3:2; Jude 1:17God.6:10; 19:2; De 32:42; Ps 18:47; 94:1; Isa 26:21; Lu 11:49,50; 18:7,8
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