²¹ Then Joab said to the Cushite, “Go tell the king what you have seen.” So the Cushite bowed to Joab and took off running.

²² But Ahimaaz son of Zadok once again said to Joab, “Whatever happens, please let me also run after the Cushite.”

“Why should you run, my son,” Joab said, “since you would have no news worth telling?”

²³ “Whatever may come of it, I want to run!”

So he said to him, “Run!” Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and so passed the Cushite.