The king asked, “Is it well with the my son Absalom?” Ahimaaz said, “I saw a great tumult, but I do not know what it was.” “Stand aside,” David said.
When the Cushite came he also asked him, “Is it well with the my son?” The Cushite said, “May it happen to the enemies of my lord the king as it happened to the young man and to all who rise up against you to do you harm.”