Then Joab said to the Cushite, Go, tell the king what you have seen — So the Cushite bowed to Joab and ran — Joab directs a Cushite (Ethiopian) messenger to carry the news instead. The choice of a foreigner to bear the tragic message suggests that Joab is protecting his own position and that of Ahimaaz. The Cushite is expendable; he will face David's grief without the relationship of kinship.

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