en_tn/2sa/15/36.md

Ahimaaz ... Jonathan

These are the names of men. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

by their hand

The phrase "their hand" refers to the sons and means that they were to serve as messengers. AT: "their sons to tell me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)