17 And having gone forth on foot, the king and all of Israel stood at a distance from the house.
18 And all his servants were walking beside him. And the legions of the Cerethites and Phelethites, and all the Gittites, powerful fighters, six hundred men who had followed him from Gath on foot, were preceding the king.
19 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite: 'Why do you come with us? Return and live with the king. For you are a stranger, and you departed from your own place.
20 You arrived yesterday. And today should you be compelled to go away with us? For I should go to the place where I am going. But you should return, and lead your own brothers back with you. And the Lord will show mercy and truth to you, because you have shown grace and faith.'
21 And Ittai responded to the king, by saying, 'As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, in whatever place you will be, my lord the king, whether in death or in life, your servant will be there.'
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