And Ittai answered the king, and said, As Yahweh liveth, and as my master the king liveth, surely in what place my master the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.