2 Samuel 15:13-17

13Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The men of Israel are loyal to Absalom!”

14So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, “Come on! Let’s escape! Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.”

15The king’s servants replied to the king, “We will do whatever our lord the king decides.”

16So the king and all the members of his royal court set out on foot, though the king left behind ten concubines to attend to the palace.

17The king and all the people set out on foot, pausing at a spot some distance away.