2 Samuel 15:19-23
1599 Geneva Bible
19 Then said the King to [a]Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore comest thou also with us? Return and abide with the King, for thou art a stranger, depart thou therefore to thy place.
20 Thou camest yesterday, and should I cause thee to wander today and go with us? I will go whither I can: therefore return thou, and carry again thy [b]brethren: mercy and [c]truth be with thee.
21 And Ittai answered the King, and said, As the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there surely will thy servant be.
22 Then David said to Ittai, Come, and go forward. And Ittai the Gittite went, and all his men, and all the children that were with him.
23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and [d]all the people went forward, but the King passed over the brook Kidron: and all the people went over toward the way of the wilderness.
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- 2 Samuel 15:19 Who as some write was the king’s son of Gath.
- 2 Samuel 15:20 Meaning, them of his family.
- 2 Samuel 15:20 God require thee thy friendship and fidelity.
- 2 Samuel 15:23 To wit, the six hundred men.
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