21. Then he said to his Ethiopian slave, “Go and tell the king what you have seen.” The slave bowed and ran off.
22. Ahimaaz insisted, “I don't care what happens; please let me take the news also.”“Why do you want to do it, my son?” Joab asked. “You will get no reward for it.”
23. “Whatever happens,” Ahimaaz said again, “I want to go.”“Then go,” Joab said. So Ahimaaz ran off down the road through the Jordan Valley, and soon he passed the slave.
24. David was sitting in the space between the inner and outer gates of the city. The watchman went up to the top of the wall and stood on the roof of the gateway; he looked out and saw a man running alone.
25. He called down and told the king, and the king said, “If he is alone, he is bringing good news.” The runner came nearer and nearer.