2 Samuel 18:18-20

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁸ When he was alive, Absalom had set up a pillar^(A) for himself in the King’s Valley,^(B) for he had said, “I have no son^(C) to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name. It is still called Absalom’s Monument today.

¹⁹ Ahimaaz son of Zadok^(D) said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the Lord has delivered him from his enemies.”

²⁰ Joab replied to him, “You are not the man to take good news today. You may do it another day, but today you aren’t taking good news, because the king’s son is dead.”