The watchman said, “I think the running of the first one is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.” And the king said, “This is a good man and comes with good news.”

It is well with the man who is gracious and lends;
He will maintain his cause in judgment.

for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And considerable numbers were brought to the Lord.

Some

who for my life risked their own necks, to whom not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles;

But the people said, “You should not go out; for if we indeed flee, they will not care about us; even if half of us die, they will not care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us; therefore now it is better that you be ready to help us from the city.”

David was then in the stronghold, while the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

General references

one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.