2 Samuel 15:18-19

15:18 All his servants were leaving with him, 1  along with all the Kerethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites – some six hundred men who had come on foot from Gath. They were leaving with 2  the king.

15:19 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you come with us? Go back and stay with the new 3  king, for you are a foreigner and an exile from your own country. 4 

1 tn Heb “crossing over near his hand.”

2 tn Heb “crossing over near the face of.”

3 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.

4 tn Heb “place.”