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19 Zadok's son Ahimaaz told Joab, |Let me run over to King David and take him the news. I'll mention that the LORD has delivered him from his enemies.| 20 But Joab answered Ahimaaz, |You're not the man to deliver news today. Do it any other time, but not today, because the king's son is dead.| 21 So Joab ordered a man from Ethiopia, |Go tell the king what you've seen.| So the Ethiopian saluted Joab and then ran to tell David. 22 |Please,| Zadok's son Ahimaaz continued, |No matter what happens, let me follow the Ethiopian!| Joab asked him, |Why this request to run, my son? There's no reward in it for you.| 23 |No matter what, I'm running,| Ahimaaz replied. So Joab told Ahimaaz, |Run!| And Ahimaaz ran, taking the Jordan Valley road, passing the Ethiopian. 24 Meanwhile, David was sitting between the inner and outer gates of the city. The watchman was up on the roof of the gateway near the walls, looking around, and there was a man running by himself! 25 So the watchman called out his news to the king. The king responded, |If he's alone, he's bringing some news to report.| As the man continued to draw near and approach the palace, 26 the watchman observed another man running. So he called out to the gatekeeper, |There's another man running by himself!| The king replied, |He's also bringing some news to report!| 27 Then the watchman observed, |It looks to me that the runner out in front is running like Zadok's son Ahimaaz!| The king replied, |This is a good man bearing good news!| 2 Samuel 18:19-27, Intl. Standard Version. Copyright © 1995-2014 by ISV Foundation.
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