The workers said, “Yes, boss. We will do whatever you tell us to do.”
David got a shock. So he talked to all his workers that were with him in Jerusalem city. He said, “Quick. We have to run away from this city, or they will catch us. If we don’t hurry, Absalom’s mob will attack this city and kill everybody.”
So David went away with his mob. He told 10 of his wives to stay behind to look after his house. (We have not yet translated 15:17-31.)
Well, if you do what I tell you to do, you are my friends. I love my friends a lot, and I am ready to die to save you.