2 Samuel 15:19-23

The Voice

¹⁹David turned to Ittai the Gittite, who had been with David since the days of Saul.

David: Why are you coming with us? Go back and make friends with the new king, for you are a foreigner, in exile from your home. ²⁰You came to us only recently; why should you have to wander with us wherever I have to go? Go back and take your people with you, and may the Lord show unfailing mercy to you and be ever faithful.

Ittai the Gittite: ²¹As sure as the Eternal One lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king goes, in death or in life, I will follow him.

David: ²²All right, then. Let’s march.

So Ittai the Gittite went with David, bringing all the men, women, and children who were with him. ²³The whole country seemed to weep as David and his followers departed. The king crossed over the Kidron stream, and they all continued toward the desert wilderness.

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