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19 Then Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, said, |Let me run and bring the king the good news that the LORD has freed him from his enemies.| 20 But Joab told him, |You won't be the man carrying good news today. You can carry the news some other day. You must not deliver the news today because the king's son is dead.| 21 Then Joab said to a man from Sudan, |Go, tell the king what you saw.| The messenger bowed down with his face touching the ground in front of Joab and then ran off. 22 Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, spoke to Joab again, |Whatever may happen, I also want to run after the Sudanese messenger.| |Now, son, why should you deliver the message?| Joab asked. |You won't be rewarded for this news.| 23 |Whatever happens, I'd like to run,| [replied Ahimaaz.] |Run,| Joab told him. So Ahimaaz ran along the valley road and got ahead of the Sudanese messenger. 2 Samuel 18:19-23, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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