a messenger came to Job. He said, “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
Someone came to tell David, “The hearts of the people of Israel are with Absalom.”
One day when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s home,
men from Sheba attacked. They took the livestock and massacred the servants. I’m the only one who has escaped to tell you.”
Can you guide a wild ox in a furrow, or will it plow the valleys behind you?
Runners run to meet runners. Messengers follow messengers. They inform the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured.
“Israel fled from the Philistines,” the messenger answered. “Our troops suffered heavy casualties. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, also are dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”