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“Good,” said David. “I will make an agreement with you. But I demand one thing of you: Do not come into my presence unless you bring Michal daughter of Saul when you come to see me.”
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when someone told me, ‘Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and put him to death in Ziklag. That was the reward I gave him for his news!
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Sovereign Lord, you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant.
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Be strong, and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. The Lord will do what is good in his sight.”
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And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad; he hated Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.
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“And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king secure my inheritance, for my lord the king is like an angel of God in discerning good and evil. May the Lord your God be with you.’”
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But if he says, ‘I am not pleased with you,’ then I am ready; let him do to me whatever seems good to him.”
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This plan seemed good to Absalom and to all the elders of Israel.
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Hushai replied to Absalom, “The advice Ahithophel has given is not good this time.
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Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Arkite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had determined to frustrate the good advice of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
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The watchman called out to the king and reported it. The king said, “If he is alone, he must have good news.” And the runner came closer and closer.
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Then the watchman saw another runner, and he called down to the gatekeeper, “Look, another man running alone!” The king said, “He must be bringing good news, too.”
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The watchman said, “It seems to me that the first one runs like Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” “He’s a good man,” the king said. “He comes with good news.”
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Then the Cushite arrived and said, “My lord the king, hear the good news! The Lord has vindicated you today by delivering you from the hand of all who rose up against you.”
