10:018:024 And David sat between the two gates:
and the watchman went up
to
the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up
his
eyes,
and looked, and behold a man running alone.
10:018:025 And the watchman cried, and told the king.
And the king said,
If
he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And
he came
apace,
and drew near.
10:018:026 And the watchman saw another man running:
and the watchman
called
unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running
alone.
And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.
10:018:027 And the watchman said, Me thinketh the
running of the foremost
is
like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.
And the king
said,
He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.
10:018:028 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king,
All is well. And
he
fell down to the earth upon his face before the king,
and
said,
Blessed be the lord thy God, which hath delivered
up the
men
that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
10:018:029 And the king said, Is the young man Absalom
safe? And Ahimaaz
answered,
When Joab sent the king’s servant, and me thy
servant,
I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.
10:018:030 And the king said unto him, Turn aside,
and stand here. And he
turned
aside, and stood still.
10:018:031 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said,
Tidings, my lord the
king:
for the lord hath avenged thee this day of all
them that
rose
up against thee.
10:018:032 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young
man Absalom safe?
And
Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and
all
that
rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young
man
is.
10:018:033 And the king was much moved, and went up
to the chamber over
the
gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said,
O my son
Absalom,
my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for
thee,
O Absalom, my son, my son!
10:019:001 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king
weepeth and mourneth
for
Absalom.
10:019:002 And the victory that day was turned into
mourning unto all the
people:
for the people heard say that day how the king was
grieved
for his son.
10:019:003 And the people gat them by stealth that
day into the city, as
people
being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
10:019:004 But the king covered his face, and the
king cried with a loud
voice,
O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
10:019:005 And Joab came into the house to the king,
and said, Thou hast
shamed
this day the faces of all thy servants, which this
day
have
saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy
daughters,
and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy
concubines;


