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2 Samuel 15:17-19
New English Translation

17 The king and all the people set out on foot, pausing[a] at a spot[b] some distance away. 18 All his servants were leaving with him,[c] along with all the Kerethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites—some 600 men who had come on foot from Gath. They were leaving with[d] the king.

19 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you come with us? Go back and stay with the new[e] king, for you are a foreigner and an exile from your own country.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 15:17 tn Heb “and they stood.”
  2. 2 Samuel 15:17 tn Heb “house.”
  3. 2 Samuel 15:18 tn Heb “crossing over near his hand.”
  4. 2 Samuel 15:18 tn Heb “crossing over near the face of.”
  5. 2 Samuel 15:19 tn The word “new” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation to make it clear that David refers to Absalom, not himself.
  6. 2 Samuel 15:19 tn Heb “place.”
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