Ahimaaz
Americannoun
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He took his text from the eighteenth chapter of the second book of Samuel, the story of the young Ahimaaz who ran too soon to bring the tidings of battle to King David.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
And when Ahimaaz reached King David, who yearned to know the fate of his headlong son, Absalom, he could only say: “I saw a great tumult but I knew not what it was.”
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
From The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Samuel by Anonymous
When Jonathan and Ahimaaz, David's spies in his war against his son, fled before the myrmidons of Absalom, they found the gate of Shimei's house open.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 by Radin, Paul
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, "But come what may, let me, I pray thee, also run after the Cushite."
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
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