II Samuel · Chapter 18 King James Version

II Samuel 18:27

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The Scripture

(27) 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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)

In the battle in the wood of Ephraim, Absalom's hair caught in the branches of an oak tree, and Joab thrust him through with darts despite David's earlier command to deal gently with him. A runner brought word to David, who wept bitterly, crying, "O my son Absalom, would God I had died for thee!"

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