18:29 The king replied, “How is the young man Absalom?” Ahimaaz replied, “I saw a great deal of confusion when Joab was sending the king’s servant and me, your servant, but I don’t know what it was all about.”
1 tn Heb “Is David honoring your father in your eyes when he sends to you ones consoling?”
2 tn Heb “Is it not to explore the city and to spy on it and to overthrow it [that] David has sent his servants to you?”