So 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, are dead; and the ark of God has been captured."

Now a messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom."

One runner will run to meet another, And one messenger to meet another, To show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on [all] sides;