18:22,23
Ahimaaz, however, was still desperate to go with the news. Joab warns him that he will not get any reward from David for bringing the news, but Ahimaaz was not to be dissuaded. So Ahimaaz sets off, and is so keen to be the first to take the news that he outran the Cushite.
18:24-27
At this point David was unaware of the outcome and had a watchman on the roof, looking out. He sees a man running. If the army had been routed then there would have been many men trudging back in defeat, but a single runner meant there was good news. Then the watchman saw another lone runner, so David expected that he had good news as well. Seeing the first runner was Ahimaaz David is even more expectant of good news.
No comments:
Post a Comment