26 the watchman saw another man running. And so, crying out from the height, he said: 'Another man has appeared, running alone.' And the king said, 'This one also is a good messenger.'
27 Then the watchman said, 'The running of the closest one seems like the running of Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok.' And the king said, 'He is a good man, and he arrives bearing good news.'
28 Then, Ahimaaz, crying out, said to the king, 'Be well, O king.' And reverencing the king prone on the ground before him, he said, 'Blessed be the Lord your God, who has enclosed the men who had lifted up their hands against my lord the king.'
29 And the king said, 'Is there peace for the boy Absalom?' And Ahimaaz said: 'I saw a great tumult, O king, when your servant Joab sent me, your servant. I know nothing else.'
30 And the king said to him, 'Pass, and stand here.' And when he had passed and stood still,
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