30. “Wait here,” the king told him. So Ahimaaz stepped aside.
31. Then the man from Ethiopia arrived and said, “I have good news for my lord the king. Today the lord has rescued you from all those who rebelled against you.”
32. “What about young Absalom?” the king demanded. “Is he all right?”And the Ethiopian replied, “May all of your enemies, my lord the king, both now and in the future, share the fate of that young man!”
33. The king was overcome with emotion. He went up to the room over the gateway and burst into tears. And as he went, he cried, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you! O Absalom, my son, my son.”