aSee 1 Sam. 9:9
mSee Gen. 14:20
2 Samuel 15:27
27The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a aseer? Go back ▼▼Septuagint The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Look, go back
to the city in peace, with cyour two sons, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. 2 Samuel 17:17
17Now dJonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting at eEn-rogel. A female servant was to go and tell them, and they were to go and tell King David, for they were not to be seen entering the city.2 Samuel 18:19-33
David Hears of Absalom’s Death
19Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, f“Let me run and carry news to the king that gthe Lord has delivered him from the hand of his enemies.” 20And 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.” 21Then Joab said to the Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed before Joab, and ran. 22Then Ahimaaz the 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 will have no reward for the news?” 23“Come what may,” he said, “I will run.” So he said to him, “Run.” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of hthe plain, and outran the Cushite.24Now David iwas sitting between the two gates, and jthe 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. 25The 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. 26The 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.” 27The watchman said, “I think the running of the first is klike the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.” And the king said, l“He is a good man and comes with good news.”
28Then Ahimaaz cried out to the king, “All is well.” And he bowed before the king with his face to the earth and said, m“Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delivered up the men who raised their hand against my lord the king.” 29And the king said, n“Is it well with the young man Absalom?” Ahimaaz answered, “When Joab sent the king’s servant, your servant, I saw a great commotion, but I do not know what it was.” 30And the king said, “Turn aside and stand here.” So he turned aside and stood still.
David’s Grief
31And behold, the Cushite came, and the Cushite said, “Good news for my lord the king! For othe Lord has delivered you this day from the hand of all who rose up against you.” 32The king said to the Cushite, p“Is it well with the young man Absalom?” And the Cushite answered, q“May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you for evil be like that young man.” 33 ▼▼Ch 19:1 in Hebrew
And the king was deeply moved and went up sto the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said, t“O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
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