18 Now all of his servants passed by beside him, and (A)all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, (B)six hundred men who had come [a]with him from Gath, passed by before the king.

19 Then the king said to (C)Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you go with us too? Return and stay with [b]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 (D)I go wherever I go? Return and take your brothers back; (E)mercy and [c]truth be with you.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 15:18 Lit at his feet
  2. 2 Samuel 15:19 Lit the king
  3. 2 Samuel 15:20 Or faithfulness

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