2 Samuel 18:31-32

18:31 Then the Cushite arrived and said, ¹  “May my lord the king now receive the good news! The Lord has vindicated you today and delivered you from the hand of all who have rebelled against you!” ²  18:32 The king asked the Cushite, “How is the young man Absalom?” The Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who have plotted against you ³  be like that young man!”

2 Samuel 18:23

18:23 But he said, ⁴  “Whatever happens, I want to go!” So Joab ⁵  said to him, “Then go!” So Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Jordan plain, and he passed the Cushite.

¹ tn Heb “And look, the Cushite came and the Cushite said.”

² tn Heb “for the Lord has vindicated you today from the hand of all those rising against you.”

³ tn Heb “and all those rising against you for evil.”

⁵ tn The words “but he said” are not in the Hebrew text. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.