2 Samuel 18:31 (KJV)

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And behold Cushi came and Cushi said Tidings my lord the king for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee

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Tidings. Heb. Tidings is brought. the Lord. 2Sa 18:19 2Sa 18:28 2Sa 22:48 2Sa 22:49 De 32:35 De 32:36 Ps 58:10 Ps 94:1-4 Ps 124:2 Ps 124:3 Lu 18:7 Lu 18:8

Cushi 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.

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