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2 Samuel 18:23

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“But come what may,” he said, “I will run.”
He said to him, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.

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2 Samuel 18:23 in other translations

But come what may, said he, I will run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.

2 Samuel 18:23 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 18:23 in context

  1. 21Then Joab said to the Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen!” The Cushite bowed himself to Joab, and ran.
  2. 22Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said yet again to Joab, “But come what may, please let me also run after the Cushite.”
    Joab said, “Why do you want to run, my son, since you will have no reward for the news?”
  3. 23“But come what may,” he said, “I will run.”
    He said to him, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.
  4. 24Now David was sitting between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.
  5. 25The watchman cried, and told the king. The king said, “If he is alone, there is news in his mouth.” He came closer and closer.