2 Samuel 18:20-22

International Standard Version

²⁰ But Joab answered Ahimaaz, “You’re not the man to deliver news today. Do it any other time, but not today, because the king’s son is dead.” ²¹ So Joab ordered a man from Ethiopia,^[a] “Go tell the king what you’ve seen.” So the Ethiopian^[b] saluted^[c] Joab and then ran to tell David.

²² “Please,” Zadok’s son Ahimaaz continued, “No matter what happens, let me follow the Ethiopian!”

Joab asked him, “Why this request^[d] to run, my son? There’s no reward in it for you.”