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And the king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why are you also going with us? Return and stay with the king, for you are a foreigner and are in exile from your own place.
And Ittai answered the king and said, "As the Lord (Yahweh) lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in the place where my lord the king is, whether for death or for life, there shall your servant be."
And David said to Ittai, "Go and pass over." And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.
And David sent out the people, a third under the command of Joab, a third under the command of Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, "I myself will surely go with you."
But the king commanded Joab and Avishai and Ittai, saying, "For my sake, treat the young man Avshalom gently." And all the people heard when the king gave orders to all the leaders concerning Avshalom.
And the man said to Joab, "Even if I had 1,000 pieces of silver in my hand, I would not stretch out my hand against the king's son, for we heard the king command you and Avishai and Ittai, saying, 'Be careful not to touch the young man Absalom.
