²⁶ Then the watchman saw another man running, and the watchman called to the gatekeeper and said, “There is another man, running alone!”

And the king said, “He also brings news.”

²⁷ So the watchman said, ^[a]“I think the running of the first is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.”

And the king said, “He is a good man, and comes with ^(A)good news.”

²⁸ So Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, ^[b]“All is well!” Then he bowed down with his face to the earth before the king, and said, ^(B)“Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delivered up the men who raised their hand against my lord the king!”