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2 Samuel 15:18-20
Contemporary English Version
2 Samuel 15:18-20
Contemporary English Version
18 Then David stood there and watched while his regular troops and his bodyguards[a] marched past. The last group was the 600 soldiers who had followed him from Gath.[b] Their commander was Ittai.
19 David spoke to Ittai and said, “You're a foreigner from the town of Gath. You don't have to leave with us. Go back and join the new king! 20 You haven't been with me very long, so why should you have to follow me, when I don't even know where I'm going? Take your soldiers and go back. I pray that the Lord will be[c] kind and faithful to you.”
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2 Samuel 15:18-20
New International Version
2 Samuel 15:18-20
New International Version
18 All his men marched past him, along with all the Kerethites(A) and Pelethites; and all the six hundred Gittites who had accompanied him from Gath marched before the king.
19 The king said to Ittai(B) the Gittite, “Why should you come along with us? Go back and stay with King Absalom. You are a foreigner,(C) an exile from your homeland. 20 You came only yesterday. And today shall I make you wander(D) about with us, when I do not know where I am going? Go back, and take your people with you. May the Lord show you kindness and faithfulness.”[a](E)
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 15:20 Septuagint; Hebrew May kindness and faithfulness be with you
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