2 Samuel 15:16-18

Contemporary English Version

^16-17 David left behind ten of his wives^[a] to take care of the palace, but the rest of his family and his officials and soldiers went with him.

They stopped at the last house at the edge of the city. ¹⁸ Then David stood there and watched while his regular troops and his bodyguards^[b] marched past. The last group was the 600 soldiers who had followed him from Gath.^[c] Their commander was Ittai.