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one third, under the command of Abishai, son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and one third, under the command of Ittai, the Gittite. Then the king said to the men, "I myself will go out with you." (2 Samuel 18, 2)
The king ordered Joab, Abishai and Ittai, "Don't hurt the young man Absalom for my sake." All the army heard the king giving orders to all the commanders concerning Absalom. (2 Samuel 18, 5)
Someone reported to Joab, "I saw Absalom hanging from an oak tree." (2 Samuel 18, 10)
Joab said to the man who reported this, "What! You saw him but did not strike him at once? I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt." (2 Samuel 18, 11)
But the man answered Joab, "Even if I felt in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver, I would not raise my hand against the king's son, for we heard the king command you, Abishai and Ittai: 'For my sake, spare the young man Absalom.' (2 Samuel 18, 12)
Joab replied, "I will not waste time talking with you." So he took three spears in his hand and thrust them into Absalom's heart while he was still alive in the oak tree. (2 Samuel 18, 14)
Then ten guards, Joab's armor-bearers, surrounded Absalom and struck him down. (2 Samuel 18, 15)
Joab blew the trumpet and the troops stopped pursuing the Israelites as Joab restrained them. (2 Samuel 18, 16)
But Joab said to him, "Today you would not be a bearer of good news; another day you will run, but today there is no good news because the king's son is dead." (2 Samuel 18, 20)
Joab then said to a Cushite, "Go tell the king what you have seen." The Cushite bowed before Joab and ran. (2 Samuel 18, 21)
But Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, again said to Joab, "Come what may, let me also run behind the Cushite." Joab asked, "Why must you run, my son, seeing that you will have no reward for this news?" (2 Samuel 18, 22)
Ahimaaz insisted, "It does not matter, I will run." So Joab allowed him to go, and Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain, outrunning the Cushite. (2 Samuel 18, 23)
