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2 Samuel 15:17

15 The king’s servants replied, “Whatever our lord the king decides, we are your servants.”

16 Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.

So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,

18 and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.

19 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.

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BSB
So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,
KJV
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.
WEB
The king went out, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth Merhak.
ASV
And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they tarried in Beth-merhak.
DARBY
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and stayed at the remote house.
BLB
And the king went out, and all the people after him, and they stood at the last house.
ÅB
Så tok da kongen ut, og alt folket fulgte ham, og de stanset ved det siste hus.
OTB
Og kongen dro av sted med alle folkene som fulgte ham, og de stanset ved det siste huset.
B1930
Så tok da kongen ut, og alt folket fulgte ham, og de stanset ved det siste hus.

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