2 Samuel 15:13-18

International Children’s Bible

¹³ A man came in to tell the news to David. The man said, “The Israelites are beginning to follow Absalom.”

¹⁴ Then David spoke to all his officers who were with him in Jerusalem. He said, “We must leave quickly! If we don’t, we won’t be able to get away from Absalom. We must hurry before he catches us. He would destroy us and kill the people of Jerusalem.”

¹⁵ The king’s officers said to him, “We will do anything you say.”

¹⁶ The king set out with everyone in his house. But he left ten slave women to take care of the palace. ¹⁷ The king left with all his people following him. They stopped at the last house. ¹⁸ All the king’s servants passed by him. All the Kerethites and Pelethites, the king’s bodyguards, passed by him. All those from Gath, the 600 men who had followed him, passed by him.