2 Samuel chapter 18 verses 19 through 33.

David hears of Absalom's death.

Then Ahemaz, the son of Zadok, said,

Let me run and carry news to the king that the Lord has delivered him from the hand of his enemies.

And Joab said to him, You are not to carry news today.

You may carry news another day, but today you shall carry no news, because the king's son is dead.

Then Joab said to the Kushite, Go, tell the king what you have seen.

The Kushite bowed before Joab and ran.

Then Ahemaz, the son of Zadav, said again to Joab,

Come what may, let me also run after the Kushite. And Joab said, why will you run, my son?

Seeing that you will have no reward for the news. Come what may, he said, I will run. So he said to him,

run. Then Ahem to him, run.

Then a himaz ran by the way of the plane and outran the Kushite.

Now David was sitting between the two gates, and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the wall.

And when he lifted up his eyes and looked, he saw a man running alone.

The watchman called out and told the king.

And the king said, if he is alone, there is news in his mouth, and he drew nearer and nearer. The watchman saw

another man running, and the watchman called to the gate and said, see, another man running alone.

The king said, he also brings news. The watchman said, I think the running of

the first is like the running of Ahimaz, the son of Zadok. And the king said, he is a good man,

and comes with good news. Then Ahimaz cried out to the king, All is well, and he bowed before

the king with his face to the earth and said,

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