Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
Then said Joab to Cushi, х la-Kuwshiy (H3569)] - to the Ethiopian. Perhaps the ground of this soldier's selection for a mission so painful for any courtier to discharge, was that of his being a foreigner, and personally unknown to the king.