And David said to Ittai, Come thou, and pass forth. And Ittai of Gath passed forth, and the king, and all men that were with him, and the tother multitude.
And Ittai answered to the king, and said, The Lord liveth, and my lord the king liveth, for in whatever place thou shalt be, my lord the king, either in death either in life, there thy servant shall be.
And all men wept with great voice, and all the people passed forth; and the king went over the strand [or stream] of Kidron, and all the people went against the way of the olive trees, that beholdeth to the desert.