¹⁹ Then the king said to ^(A)Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you go with us too? Return and stay with ^[a]your king, since you are a foreigner and an exile as well; return to your own place. ²⁰ You came only yesterday, so should I make you wander with us today, while ^(B)I go wherever I go? Return and take your brothers back; ^(C)mercy and ^[b]truth be with you.” ²¹ But Ittai answered the king and said, “As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, ^(D)wherever my lord the king may be, whether for death or for life, there assuredly shall your servant be!” ²² Then David said to Ittai, “Go and cross over the brook Kidron.” So Ittai the Gittite crossed over with all his men and all the ^[c]little ones who were with him. ²³ While all the country was weeping with a loud voice, all the people were crossing over. The king was also crossing over ^(E)the brook Kidron, and all the people were crossing over toward ^(F)the way of the wilderness.