And the messenger answered and said, Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, have died; and the ark of God has been taken.

And a messenger came to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.

A runner shall run to meet a runner, and a herald to a herald, to report to the king of Babylon that his city is captured from end to end;