17. They threw Absalom’s body into a deep pit in the forest and piled a great heap of stones over it. And all Israel fled to their homes.
18. During his lifetime, Absalom had built a monument to himself in the King’s Valley, for he said, “I have no son to carry on my name.” He named the monument after himself, and it is known as Absalom’s Monument to this day.
19. Then Zadok’s son Ahimaaz said, “Let me run to the king with the good news that the lord has rescued him from his enemies.”
20. “No,” Joab told him, “it wouldn’t be good news to the king that his son is dead. You can be my messenger another time, but not today.”
21. Then Joab said to a man from Ethiopia, “Go tell the king what you have seen.” The man bowed and ran off.