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2 Samuel 15:19

Ittai
FriendshipThe stranger and outcast

17 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.

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.

20 In fact, you arrived only yesterday; should I make you wander around with us today while I do not know where I am going? Go back and take your brothers with you. May the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness.”

21 But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”

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BSB
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.
KJV
Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.
WEB
Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why do you also go with us? Return, and stay with the king; for you are a foreigner and also an exile. Return to your own place.
ASV
Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return, and abide with the king: for thou art a foreigner, and also an exile; [return] to thine own place.
DARBY
And the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why dost thou also go with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king; for thou art a foreigner, and besides, thou hast emigrated to the place where thou [dwellest].
BLB
And the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why are you also going with us? Return and remain with the king, for you [are] a foreigner, and also you [are] an exile from your own place.
ÅB
Da sa kongen til gittitten Ittai: Hvorfor går du og med oss? Vend tilbake og bli hos kongen! For du er en fremmed og tilmed bortført fra ditt hjemsted.
OTB
Da sa kongen til Ittai fra Gat, "Hvorfor går du også med oss? Vend tilbake og bli hos kongen, for du er en utlending og også en flyktning fra ditt eget sted.
B1930
Da sa kongen til gittitten Ittai: Hvorfor går du og med oss? Vend tilbake og bli hos kongen! For du er en fremmed og tilmed bortført fra ditt hjemsted.

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 18:2

    He sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, “I will surely march out with you as well.”

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  • Ruth 1:11–13

    But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?

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