The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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2 Samuel 18:15, "And ten young men who bore Yo’aḇ’s armour went around, and struck Aḇshalom and put him to death."
 
2 Samuel 18:16
New International Version (NIV)


Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the troops stopped pursuing Israel, for Joab halted them.
 
2 Samuel 18:17, "And they took Aḇshalom and threw him into a large pit in the forest, and heaped a very large pile of stones over him. And all Yisra’yl fled, each one to his tent."
 
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2 Samuel 18:18 (KJV)
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.
 
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2 Samuel 18:19, "And Aḥima‛ats son of Tsaḏoq said, “Please let me run and take the news to the sovereign, for יהוה has avenged him of his enemies.”"
 
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2 Samuel 18:21, "And Yo’aḇ said to the Kushite, “Go, inform the sovereign what you have seen.” And the Kushite bowed himself to Yo’aḇ and ran."
 
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2 Samuel 18:22 (KJV)
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?
 
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2 Samuel 18:23
New International Version (NIV)


He said, “Come what may, I want to run.”

So Joab said, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain[f] and outran the Cushite.

f. That is, the plain of the Jordan
 
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2 Samuel 18:27 (KJ2000)
And the watchman said, I think the running of the first one is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and comes with good tidings.
 
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2 Samuel 18:28 (KJV)
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.
 
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2 Samuel 18:29 (KJV)
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.
 
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2 Samuel 18:30
New International Version (NIV)


The king said, “Stand aside and wait here.” So he stepped aside and stood there.
 
2 Samuel 18:32 (ESV)
The king said to the Cushite, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” And the Cushite answered, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you for evil be like that young man.”
 
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2 Samuel 18:33
New International Version (NIV)


The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. As he went, he said: “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you—O Absalom, my son, my son!”[g]

g. In Hebrew texts this verse (18:33) is numbered 19:1.