Discovery Box2 Samuel 18:23
Context18:23 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
Context18:27 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.”
2 Samuel 15:36
Context15:36 Furthermore, their two sons are there with them, Zadok’s son Ahimaaz and Abiathar’s son Jonathan. You must send them to me with any information you hear.” 7
2 Samuel 17:17
Context17:17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying in En Rogel. A female servant would go and inform them, and they would then go and inform King David. It was not advisable for them to be seen going into the city.
[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] 5 tn Heb “delivered over.”
[18:28] 6 tn Heb “lifted their hand against.”
[15:36] 7 tn Heb “and you must send by their hand to me every word which you hear.” Both of the second person verb forms are plural with Zadok, Abiathar, and Hushai being the understood subjects.
