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.'
22 And David said to Ittai, 'Come, and pass over.' And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all the men who were with him, and the rest of the multitude.
23 And they all wept with a great voice, and all the people passed over. The king also passed over the torrent Kidron. And all the people advanced opposite the way which looks out toward the desert.
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