2 Samuel 18:25

18:25 So the watchman called out and informed the king. The king said, “If he is by himself, he brings good news.” ¹  The runner ²  came ever closer.

2 Samuel 4:10

4:10 when someone told me that Saul was dead – even though he thought he was bringing good news ³  – I seized him and killed him in Ziklag. That was the good news I gave to him!

2 Samuel 18:20

18:20 But Joab said to him, “You will not be a bearer of good news today. You will bear good news some other day, but not today, ⁴  for the king’s son is dead.”

2 Samuel 18:22

18:22 Ahimaaz the son of Zadok again spoke to Joab, “Whatever happens, let me go after the Cushite.” But Joab said, “Why is it that you want to go, my son? You have no good news that will bring you a reward.”

2 Samuel 18:27

18:27 The watchman said, “It appears to me that the first runner is Ahimaaz ⁵  son of Zadok.” The king said, “He is a good man, and he comes with good news.”

¹ tn Heb “good news is in his mouth.”

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the runner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “and he was like a bearer of good news in his eyes.”

⁵ tn Heb “but this day you will not bear good news.”

⁷ tn Heb “I am seeing the running of the first one like the running of Ahimaaz.”