2 Samuel 18:21-23

International Standard Version

²¹So Joab ordered a man from Ethiopia,^[a] “Go tell the king what you’ve seen.” So the Ethiopian^[b] saluted^[c] Joab and then ran to tell David.

²²“Please,” Zadok’s son Ahimaaz continued, “No matter what happens, let me follow the Ethiopian!”

Joab asked him, “Why this request^[d] to run, my son? There’s no reward in it for you.”

²³“No matter what, I’m running,” Ahimaaz replied.^[e]

So Joab told Ahimaaz, “Run!” And Ahimaaz ran, taking the Jordan Valley road, passing the Ethiopian.

2 Samuel 18:21-23

New International Version

²¹Then Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed down before Joab and ran off.

²²Ahimaaz 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.”

²³He said, “Come what may, I want to run.”

So Joab said, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain^[a] and outran the Cushite.

International Standard Version (ISV)

New International Version (NIV)