23
And he said, Why should I not run? and Joab said to him, Run. And Achimaas ran along the way of Kechar, and outran Chusi.
24
And David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up on the top of the gate of the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone before him.
25
And the watchman cried out, and reported to the king. And the king said, If he be alone, good tidings in his mouth. And the man came and drew near.
26
And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman cried at the gate, and said, And look, another man running alone. And the king said, He also brings glad tidings.
27
And the watchman said, I see the running of the first as the running of Achimaas the son of Sadoc. And the king said, He a good man, and will come to glad tidings.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.