2 Samuel 18:18-20

Good News Translation

¹⁸ During his lifetime Absalom had built a monument for himself in King's Valley, because he had no son to keep his name alive. So he named it after himself, and to this day it is known as Absalom's Monument.

David Is Told of Absalom's Death

¹⁹ Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said to Joab, “Let me run to the king with the good news that the Lord has saved him from his enemies.”

²⁰ “No,” Joab said, “today you will not take any good news. Some other day you may do so, but not today, for the king's son is dead.”