2 Samuel 18:21

18:21 Then Joab said to the Cushite, “Go and tell the king what you have seen.” After bowing to Joab, the Cushite ran off.

2 Samuel 18:23

18:23 But he said, ¹  “Whatever happens, I want to go!” So Joab ²  said to him, “Then go!” So Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Jordan plain, and he passed the Cushite.

2 Samuel 18:31-32

18:31 Then the Cushite arrived and said, ³  “May my lord the king now receive the good news! The Lord has vindicated you today and delivered you from the hand of all who have rebelled against you!” ⁴  18:32 The king asked the Cushite, “How is the young man Absalom?” The Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who have plotted against you ⁵  be like that young man!”

[18:23]  ¹ tn The words “but he said” are not in the Hebrew text. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[18:23]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:31]  ³ tn Heb “And look, the Cushite came and the Cushite said.”

[18:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “for the Lord has vindicated you today from the hand of all those rising against you.”

[18:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “and all those rising against you for evil.”