2 Samuel 18:21

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed before Joab and ran.

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:20

Joab said to him, “You are not to carry tidings today; you may carry tidings another day, but today you shall not do so because the king’s son is dead.”

2 Samuel 18:22

Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said again to Joab, “Come what may, let me also run after the Cushite.” And Joab said, “Why will you run, my son, seeing that you have no reward for the tidings?”

2 Samuel 18:23

“Come what may,” he said, “I will run.” So he said to him, “Run.” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain and outran the Cushite.

2 Samuel 18:31

Then the Cushite came, and the Cushite said, “Good tidings for my lord the king! For the Lord has vindicated you this day, delivering you from the power of all who rose up against you.”