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Then said Joab to the Cushite, Go, tell the king what you have seen. The Cushite bowed himself to Joab, and ran.
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The Expendable Messenger
Commentators widely agree that the "Cushite" was likely an Ethiopian, probably a foreign slave in Joab's service. Joab chose him to deliver the devastating news of Absalom's death because, as a person of low social standing, he was considered expendable. Joab callously exposed this man to King David's predictable wrath, for which he had little concern.
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2 Samuel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Cushi - “The Cushite,” a foreign slave, perhaps belonging to Joab, whom he did not hesitate to expose to David’s anger. If, however, it is a…
19th Century
Anglican
Cushi. —Rather, the Cushite, probably an Ethiopian slave in Joab’s service, for whose incurring the king’s displeasure he…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then said Joab to Cushi The Ethiopian, or blackamoor; who either was an Ethiopian by birth and proselyted, or he was an I…
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