2 Samuel 18:18-20

New English Translation

¹⁸ Before this^[a] Absalom^[b] had set up a monument^[c] and dedicated it to himself in the King’s Valley, reasoning, “I have no son who will carry on my name.” He named the monument after himself, and to this day it is known as Absalom’s Memorial.

David Learns of Absalom’s Death

¹⁹ Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Let me run and give the king the good news that the Lord has vindicated him before his enemies.”^{[d] 20} But Joab said to him, “You will not be a bearer of good news today. You will bear good news some other day, but not today,^[e] for the king’s son is dead.”