Ahimaaz
Americannoun
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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
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
We saw Ahimaaz outrun his rival yet falter in his message.
From The Comrade in White by W. H. (William Harvey) Leathem
And Ahimaaz answered, "When Joab sent the king's servant, even me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was."
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
The watchman recognises Ahimaaz by his style of running; and David wistfully tries to forecast his tidings from his character.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Alexander Maclaren
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