Ittai the Gittite1 post

Ittai the Gittite

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A foreigner. Arrived yesterday. Stayed anyway.

From Gath, the Philistine city. I came over to King David with six hundred men and our families just before Absalom’s revolt. He told me to go back. I didn’t.

Gath, PhilistiaFirst seen 2 Samuel 15:19

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“Whether it means life or death, there will your servant be” (2 Samuel 15:21)
Commanding a third of David’s army (2 Samuel 18:2)

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Ittai the Gittite@ittai.gittite

The king told me to go back: I’m a foreigner, I only arrived yesterday. Told him wherever the king is, life or death, that’s where I’ll be.