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2 Samuel 15:18-22

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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  15:20 It seems like you arrived just yesterday. Today should I make you wander around by going with us? I go where I must go. But as for you, go back and take your men 5  with you. May genuine loyal love 6  protect 7  you!”

15:21 But Ittai replied to the king, “As surely as the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king is, whether dead or alive, 8  there I 9  will be as well!” 15:22 So David said to Ittai, “Come along then.” 10  So Ittai the Gittite went along, 11  accompanied by all his men and all the dependents 12  who were with him.

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.”

5 tn Heb “brothers,” but see v. 22.

6 tn Heb “loyal love and truth.” The expression is a hendiadys.

7 tn Heb “be with.”

8 tn Heb “whether for death or for life.”

9 tn Heb “your servant.”

10 tn Heb “Come and cross over.”

11 tn Heb “crossed over.”

12 tn Heb “all the little ones.”



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