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.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 15:19 Who as some write was the king’s son of Gath.
  2. 2 Samuel 15:20 Meaning, them of his family.
  3. 2 Samuel 15:20 God require thee thy friendship and fidelity.

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