2 Samuel 18:21-23

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²¹ Then Joab said to a man from Cush, “Go tell the king what you have seen.” The man bowed and ran off.

²² But Ahimaaz pleaded with Joab, “Please let me go too.”

“No, we don’t need you now, my boy,” Joab replied. “There is no further news to send.”

²³ “Yes, but let me go anyway,” he begged.

And Joab finally said, “All right, go ahead.” Then Ahimaaz took a shortcut across the plain and got there ahead of the man from Cush.