11:22 So the messenger departed. When he arrived, he informed David of all the news that Joab had sent with him.
15:13 Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The men of Israel are loyal to Absalom!” 1
18:10 When one 3 of the men saw this, he reported it to Joab saying, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.
18:21 Then Joab said to the Cushite, “Go and tell the king what you have seen.” After bowing to Joab, the Cushite ran off.
19:1 (19:2) Joab was told, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”
1 tn Heb “the heart of the men of Israel is with Absalom.”
1 tn The pronoun is plural, referring to Zadok and Abiathar.
1 tc 4QSama lacks the word “one.”