24 Now David was sitting between the two gates.+ Meantime, the watchman+ went to the roof of the gate by the wall. At length he raised his eyes and saw and, look! there was a man running by himself.

26 The watchman now saw another man running. The watchman therefore called to the gatekeeper and said: “Look! Another man running by himself!” at which the king said: “This one also is a news bearer.”