And Ittai answered to the king and said, As Jehovah lives, and my lord the king lives, surely in the place where my lord the king is, there your servant shall be, whether for death or for life.
For if you are completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance shall rise up to the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house shall perish. And who knows if you have reached to the kingdom for such a time as this?
And Ruth said, Do not entreat me to leave you, to turn back from following you. For where you go, I will go. And where you stay, I will stay. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.
And Saul’s son Jonathan delighted exceedingly in David. And Jonathan declared it to David, saying, My father Saul is seeking to kill you. And now, please be on guard in the morning, and you shall stay in the secret place, and shall hide.
And I, I will go out and will stand by my father’s side in the field where you are. And I will speak of you to my father, and shall see what it is, and will declare it to you.