2 Samuel 18:18-20

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁸ Now Absalom in his lifetime had reared up for himself a pillar which is in the King’s Valley, for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance. He called the pillar after his own name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.

¹⁹ Then said Ahimaaz son of Zadok, Let me now run and bear the king tidings of how the Lord has avenged David of his enemies.

²⁰ Joab told him, You shall not carry news today, but another time. Today you shall bear no news, for the king’s son is dead.