2Sa 15:19-22 | NASB1995 | STEP | Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite , “ Why will you also go with us? Return and remain with the king , for you are a foreigner and also an exile ; return to your own place .

2 Samuel 15:19-22

19 Then the king said to ^aIttai the Gittite, “Why will you also go with us? Return and remain with the king, for you are a foreigner and also an exile; return to your own place. 20 “You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander with us, while ^bI go where I will? Return and take back your brothers; ^cmercy and ^{▼▼ Or faithfulness}truth be with you.” 21 But Ittai answered the king and said, “As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely ^ewherever my lord the king may be, whether for death or for life, there also your servant will be.” 22 Therefore David said to Ittai, “Go and pass over.” So Ittai the Gittite passed over with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.