And Abner and his men went all that night through the plain and passed over Jordan, and went all the forenoon and came to Mahanaim.

And they came into the house, and he lay in his bed in his bedroom. And they struck him and killed him, and beheaded him and took his head and got away through the plain all night.

Behold, I will wait in the plain of the wilderness until there comes word from you to tell me.

But he said, Yet whatever, let me run! And he said to him, Run. And Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and ran past the Cushite.