24. Now David was sitting between the two gates, and a lookout mounted to the roof of the gate above the city wall, where he looked out and saw a man running all alone.
25. The lookout shouted to inform the king, who said, “If he is alone, he has good news to report.” As he kept coming nearer,
26. the lookout spied another runner. From his place atop the gate he cried out, “There is another man running by himself.” And the king responded, “He, too, is bringing good news.”