2 Samuel 18:25

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So the watchman called out and informed the king. The king said,“If he is by himself, he brings good news.” The runner came ever closer.

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  • 2 Sam 18:26-30
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    26Then the watchman saw another man running. The watchman called out to the gatekeeper,“There is another man running by himself.” The king said,“This one also is bringing good news.”

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

    28Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king,“Greetings!” 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 the men who opposed my lord the king!”

    29The 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.”

    30The king said,“Turn aside and take your place here.” So he turned aside and waited.

  • 2 Sam 18:21-24
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    21Then Joab said to the Cushite,“Go and tell the king what you have seen.” After bowing to Joab, the Cushite ran off.

    22Ahimaaz the son of Zadok again spoke to Joab,“Whatever happens, let me go after the Cushite.” But Joab said,“Why is it that you want to go, my son? You have no good news that will bring you a reward.”

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

    24Now David was sitting between the inner and outer gates, and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate at the wall. When he looked, he saw a man running by himself.

  • 2 Sam 18:19
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    19David Learns of Absalom’s Death Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said,“Let me run and give the king the good news that the LORD has vindicated him before his enemies.”

  • 2 Sam 19:8
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    8So the king got up and sat at the city gate. When all the people were informed that the king was sitting at the city gate, they all came before him.David Goes Back to JerusalemBut the Israelite soldiers had all fled to their own homes.

  • 2 Sam 13:34-35
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    34In the meantime Absalom fled. When the servant who was the watchman looked up, he saw many people coming from the west on a road beside the hill.

    35Jonadab said to the king,“Look! The king’s sons have come! It’s just as I said!”

  • 1 Kgs 20:39
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    39When the king passed by, he called out to the king,“Your servant went out into the heat of the battle, and then a man turned aside and brought me a prisoner. He told me,‘Guard this prisoner. If he ends up missing for any reason, you will pay with your life or with a talent of silver.’

  • 2 Sam 17:17-18
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    17Now 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.

    18But a young man saw them on one occasion and informed Absalom. So the two of them quickly departed and went to the house of a man in Bahurim. There was a well in his courtyard, and they got down in it.

  • 1 Sam 25:12
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    12So David’s servants went on their way. When they had returned, they came and told David all these things.

  • 2 Sam 11:18-20
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    18Then Joab sent a full battle report to David.

    19He instructed the messenger as follows:“When you finish giving the battle report to the king,

    20if the king becomes angry and asks you,‘Why did you go so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you realize they would shoot from the wall?

  • 2 Kgs 7:11
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    11The gatekeepers relayed the news to the royal palace.

  • 2 Sam 11:22-23
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    22So the messenger departed. When he arrived, he informed David of all the news that Joab had sent with him.

    23The messenger said to David,“The men overpowered us and attacked us in the field. But we forced them to retreat all the way to the door of the city gate.

  • 1 Sam 21:1
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    1David Goes to Nob(21:1) Then David got up and left, while Jonathan went back to the city.(21:2) David went to Ahimelech the priest in Nob. Ahimelech was shaking with fear when he met David, and said to him,“Why are you by yourself with no one accompanying you?”

  • 1 Sam 17:31
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    31When David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, he called for him.

  • Isa 21:6
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    6For this is what the Lord has told me:“Go, post a guard! He must report what he sees.

  • 2 Sam 1:3-6
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    3David asked him,“Where are you coming from?” He replied,“I have escaped from the camp of Israel.”

    4David inquired,“How were things going? Tell me!” He replied,“The people fled from the battle and many of them fell dead. Even Saul and his son Jonathan are dead!”

    5David said to the young man who was telling him this,“How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”

    6The young man who was telling him this said,“I just happened to be on Mount Gilboa and came across Saul leaning on his spear for support. The chariots and leaders of the horsemen were in hot pursuit of him.

  • 1 Kgs 1:42
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    42As he was still speaking, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest arrived. Adonijah said,“Come in, for an important man like you must be bringing good news.”

  • 1 Sam 17:22-23
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    22After David had entrusted his cargo to the care of the supply officer, he ran to the battlefront. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.

    23As he was speaking with them, the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, was coming up from the battle lines of the Philistines. He spoke the way he usually did, and David heard it.

  • 1 Sam 26:13
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    13Then David crossed to the other side and stood on the top of the hill some distance away; there was a considerable distance between them.

  • 2 Kgs 9:17
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    17Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu’s troops approaching. He said,“I see troops!” Jehoram ordered,“Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask,‘Is everything all right?’”

  • 2 Sam 15:17-18
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    17The king and all the people set out on foot, pausing at a spot some distance away.

    18All his servants were leaving with him, along with all the Kerethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites– some six hundred men who had come on foot from Gath. They were leaving with the king.

  • 2 Sam 17:2
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    2When I catch up with him he will be exhausted and worn out. I will rout him, and the entire army that is with him will flee. I will kill only the king

  • 2 Kgs 9:20
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    20The watchman reported,“He reached them, but hasn’t started back. The one who drives the lead chariot drives like Jehu son of Nimshi; he drives recklessly.”

  • 1 Kgs 1:22
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    22Just then, while she was still speaking to the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.

  • 2 Sam 15:28
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    28Look, I will be waiting at the fords of the desert until word from you reaches me.”

  • 2 Sam 15:13-14
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    13David Flees from Jerusalem Then a messenger came to David and reported,“The men of Israel are loyal to Absalom!”

    14So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem,“Come on! Let’s escape! Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.”

  • Isa 21:8
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    8Then the guard cries out:“On the watchtower, O Lord, I stand all day long; at my post I am stationed every night.

  • 1 Chr 19:8
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    8When David heard the news, he sent Joab and the entire army to meet them.

  • 1 Sam 17:20
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    20So David got up early in the morning and entrusted the flock to someone else who would watch over it. After loading up, he went just as Jesse had instructed him. He arrived at the camp as the army was going out to the battle lines shouting its battle cry.

  • 1 Sam 17:41
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    41The Philistine kept coming closer to David, with his shield bearer walking in front of him.

  • Isa 21:12
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    12The watchman replies,“Morning is coming, but then night. If you want to ask, ask; come back again.”

  • 1 Sam 18:24
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    24When Saul’s servants reported what David had said,

  • 1 Sam 30:21
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    21Then David approached the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to go with him, those whom they had left at the Wadi Besor. They went out to meet David and the people who were with him. When David approached the people, he asked how they were doing.