2 Samuel 15:17-19

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹⁷ As the king and his troops were leaving the city on foot, they stopped at the last house. ¹⁸ All his mercenaries passed by him; all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites, Ittai, and all 600 men who had followed him from Gath were marching past the king.

¹⁹ The king asked Ittai from Gath, “Why should you go with us? Go back, and stay with King Absalom. You are a foreigner, an exile from your homeland.