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|2 Samuel 18:21|
Then Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed down before Joab and ran off.
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22
|2 Samuel 18:22|
Ahimaaz son of Zadok again said to Joab, “Come what may, please let me run behind the Cushite.” But Joab replied, “My son, why do you want to go? You don’t have any news that will bring you a reward.”
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|2 Samuel 18:23|
He said, “Come what may, I want to run.” So Joab said, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain [That is, the plain of the Jordan] and outran the Cushite.
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24
|2 Samuel 18:24|
While David was sitting between the inner and outer gates, the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall. As he looked out, he saw a man running alone.
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25
|2 Samuel 18:25|
The watchman called out to the king and reported it. The king said, “If he is alone, he must have good news.” And the man came closer and closer.
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|2 Samuel 18:26|
Then the watchman saw another man running, and he called down to the gatekeeper, “Look, another man running alone!” The king said, “He must be bringing good news, too.”
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|2 Samuel 18:27|
The watchman said, “It seems to me that the first one runs like Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” “He’s a good man,” the king said. “He comes with good news.”
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|2 Samuel 18:28|
Then Ahimaaz called out to the king, “All is well!” He bowed down before the king with his face to the ground and said, “Praise be to the LORD your God! He has delivered up the men who lifted their hands against my lord the king.”
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|2 Samuel 18:29|
The king asked, “Is the young man Absalom safe?” Ahimaaz answered, “I saw great confusion just as Joab was about to send the king’s servant and me, your servant, but I don’t know what it was.”
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|2 Samuel 18:30|
The king said, “Stand aside and wait here.” So he stepped aside and stood there.
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