2 Samuel 18:24-26

EasyEnglish Bible

²⁴ David was sitting between the two gates of Mahanaim city.^[a] A man went up to the top of the wall, on the roof above the gate. He was watching the road. As he looked, he saw a man who was running towards the city. He was running alone. ²⁵ So the man on the wall shouted a message to the king, to say what he had seen.

The king said, ‘If the man is alone, he is bringing good news.’ The man who was running towards the city came much nearer.

²⁶ Then the man on the wall saw another man who was running towards the city. He called down to the guard at the city's gate, ‘Look! There is another man who is running alone!’

The king said, ‘He will bring good news, too.’