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So the king left, and all his household ^(F1)with him; but ^(C1)the king left ten concubines behind to take care of the house.

The king left, and all the people ^(F1)with him, and they stopped at the last house.

Now all of his servants passed by beside him, and ^(C1)all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, ^(C2)six hundred men who had come ^(F1)with him from Gath, passed by before the king.

Then the king said to ^(C1)Ittai the Gittite, "Why should you go with us too? Return and stay with ^(F1)your king, since you are a foreigner and an exile as well; return to your own place.

"You came only yesterday, so should I make you wander with us today, while ^(C1)I go wherever I go? Return and take your brothers back; ^(C2)mercy and ^(F1)truth be with you."

But Ittai answered the king and said, "As the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, ^(C1)wherever my lord the king may be, whether for death or for life, there assuredly shall your servant be!"

Then David said to Ittai, "Go and cross over the brook Kidron." So Ittai the Gittite crossed over with all his men and all the ^(F1)little ones who were with him.

While all the country was weeping with a loud voice, all the people were crossing over. The king was also crossing over ^(C1)the brook Kidron, and all the people were crossing over toward ^(C2)the way of the wilderness.

Now behold, ^(C1)Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, ^(C2)carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and ^(C3)Abiathar came up until all the people had finished crossing over from the city.

And the king said to Zadok, "Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the sight of the LORD, then ^(C1)He will bring me back and show me both it and ^(C2)His habitation.

"But if He says this: '^(C1)I have no delight in you,' then here I am, ^(C2)let Him do to me as seems good ^(F1)to Him."

The king also said to Zadok the priest, "Are you not ^(C1)a seer? Return to the city in peace, and your ^(C2)two sons with you, your son Ahimaaz and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

"See, I am going to wait ^(C1)at the river crossing places of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me."

So Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem and remained there.

And David was going up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, and ^(C1)his head was covered, and he was walking ^(C2)barefoot. Then all the people who were with him each covered his own head, and they were going up, weeping as they went.