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2 Samuel 18:20-22
Lexham English Bible
2 Samuel 18:20-22
Lexham English Bible
20 Joab said to him, “You will not be a man bringing[a] good news this day! You may bring good news on another day, but today you will not be bringing good news because the king’s son is dead.” 21 Then Joab said to the Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen”; then the Cushite bowed down to Joab and ran off. 22 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok again said to Joab, “Come what may,[b] please let me also run after the Cushite.” Joab asked, “Why are you wanting to run, my son, when for you there is no messenger’s reward?”[c]
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- 2 Samuel 18:20 Literally “for upon”
- 2 Samuel 18:22 Literally “And let it happen what”
- 2 Samuel 18:22 Literally “and for you there is no good news finding”
2 Samuel 18:20-22
New International Version
2 Samuel 18:20-22
New International Version
20 “You are not the one to take the news today,” Joab told him. “You may take the news another time, but you must not do so today, because the king’s son is dead.”
21 Then Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed down before Joab and ran off.
22 Ahimaaz son of Zadok again said to Joab, “Come what may, please let me run behind the Cushite.”
But Joab replied, “My son, why do you want to go? You don’t have any news that will bring you a reward.”
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