2 Samuel 18:23

18:23 But he said, ¹  “Whatever happens, I want to go!” So Joab ²  said to him, “Then go!” So Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Jordan plain, and he passed the Cushite.

2 Samuel 18:27-29

18:27 The watchman said, “It appears to me that the first runner is Ahimaaz ³  son of Zadok.” The king said, “He is a good man, and he comes with good news.”

18:28 Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, “Greetings!” ⁴  He bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and said, “May the Lord your God be praised because he has defeated ⁵  the men who opposed ⁶  my lord the king!”

18:29 The king replied, “How is the young man Absalom?” Ahimaaz replied, “I saw a great deal of confusion when Joab was sending the king’s servant and me, your servant, but I don’t know what it was all about.”

[18:23]  ¹ tn The words “but he said” are not in the Hebrew text. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[18:23]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:27]  ³ tn Heb “I am seeing the running of the first one like the running of Ahimaaz.”

[18:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “Peace.”

[18:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “delivered over.”

[18:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “lifted their hand against.”