¹⁹ Then the king said to ^(A)Ittai the Gittite, “Why do you also go with us? Go back and stay with the king, for you are a foreigner and also an exile from your home.

²⁰ You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander about with us, since I go ^(A)I know not where? Go back and take your brothers with you, and may the Lord show^[a] steadfast love and faithfulness to you.”