2Samuel:18:19-19:8
ukjv@2Samuel:18:19 @ Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.
ukjv@2Samuel:18:20 @ And Joab said unto him, You shall not bear tidings this day, but you shall bear tidings another day: but this day you shall bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
ukjv@2Samuel:18:21 @ Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what you have seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
ukjv@2Samuel:18:22 @ Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray you, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore will you run, my son, seeing that you have no tidings ready?
ukjv@2Samuel:18:23 @ But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and outran Cushi.
ukjv@2Samuel:18:24 @ And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
ukjv@2Samuel:18:25 @ And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came swiftly, and drew near.
ukjv@2Samuel:18:26 @ And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the gate keeper, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also brings tidings.
ukjv@2Samuel:18:27 @ And the watchman said, It seems to me that the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and comes with good tidings.
ukjv@2Samuel:18:28 @ And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD your God, which has delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
ukjv@2Samuel:18:29 @ And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.
ukjv@2Samuel:18:30 @ And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
ukjv@2Samuel:18:31 @ And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD has avenged you this day of all them that rose up against you.
ukjv@2Samuel:18:32 @ And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against you to do you hurt, be as that young man is.
ukjv@2Samuel:18:33 @ And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for you, O Absalom, my son, my son!
ukjv@2Samuel:19:1 @ And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.
ukjv@2Samuel:19:2 @ And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.
ukjv@2Samuel:19:3 @ And the people got them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
ukjv@2Samuel:19:4 @ But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
ukjv@2Samuel:19:5 @ And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, You have shamed this day the faces of all your servants, which this day have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;
ukjv@2Samuel:19:6 @ In that you love yours enemies, and hate your friends. For you have declared this day, that you regard neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased you well.
ukjv@2Samuel:19:7 @ Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto your servants: for I swear by the LORD, if you go not forth, there will not tarry one with you this night: and that will be worse unto you than all the evil that befell you from your youth until now.
ukjv@2Samuel:19:8 @ Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king does sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
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