19Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, |Let me now run, and bear the king news, how that Yahweh has avenged him of his enemies.|


In Context

16 Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.

17 They took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones. Then all Israel fled everyone to his tent.

18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said, |I have no son to keep my name in memory.| He called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom's monument, to this day.

19 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, |Let me now run, and bear the king news, how that Yahweh has avenged him of his enemies.|

20 Joab said to him, |You shall not be the bearer of news this day, but you shall bear news another day. But today you shall bear no news, because the king's son is dead.|

21 Then Joab said to the Cushite, |Go, tell the king what you have seen!| The Cushite bowed himself to Joab, and ran.

2 Samuel 18:19 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:19Now Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, "Let me run and take the news to the king that the Lord has delivered him from the hand of his enemies."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:19Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:19And Achimaas the son of Sadoc said: I will run and tell the king, that the Lord hath done judgment for him from the hand of his enemies.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:19Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that Jehovah hath avenged him of his enemies.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:19And Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, Let me run, I pray, and carry the king the news that Jehovah has avenged him of his enemies.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:19Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:19Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and inform the king, how the LORD hath avenged himself of his enemies.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:19And Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, 'Let me run, I pray thee, and I bear the king tidings, for Jehovah hath delivered him out of the hand of his enemies;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:19Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.