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 [a]brethren: mercy and [b]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.

22 Then David said to Ittai, Come, and go forward. And Ittai the Gittite went, and all his men, and all the children that were with him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 15:20 Meaning, them of his family.
  2. 2 Samuel 15:20 God require thee thy friendship and fidelity.

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