2 Samuel 18:19-21

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¹⁹ Then Zadok’s son Ahimaaz said, “Let me run to King David with the good news that the Lord has saved him from his enemy Absalom.”

²⁰ “No,” Joab told him, “it wouldn’t be good news to the king that his son is dead. You can be my messenger some other time.”

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