2 Samuel 15:19

2 Samuel 15:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.
• New International Version (NIV)The king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you come along with us? Go back and stay with King Absalom. You are a foreigner, an exile from your homeland.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why do you also go with us? Go back and stay with the king, for you are a foreigner and also an exile from your home.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why are you also going with us? Return and remain with the king. For you are a foreigner and also an exile from your own place.

Context of 2 Samuel 15:19

17The king and all the people set out on foot, pausing at a spot some distance away. 18All his servants were leaving with him, along with all the Kerethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites – some six hundred men who had come on foot from Gath. They were leaving with the king. Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you come with us? Go back and stay with the new king, for you are a foreigner and an exile from your own country. 20It seems like you arrived just yesterday. Today should I make you wander around by going with us? I go where I must go. But as for you, go back and take your men with you. May genuine loyal love protect you!” 21But Ittai replied to the king, “As surely as the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king is, whether dead or alive, there I will be as well!”

2 Samuel 15:19 word by word

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶל־אִתַּ֣י הַגִּתִּ֔י לָ֧מָּה תֵלֵ֛ךְ גַּם־אַתָּ֖ה אִתָּ֑נוּ שׁ֣וּב וְשֵׁ֤ב עִם־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ כִּֽי־נָכְרִ֣י אַ֔תָּה וְגַם־גֹּלֶ֥ה אַתָּ֖ה לִמְקוֹמֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• to Ittaiאִתַּי'ittay 'îythay · IttaiH863
• the Gittiteגִּתִּיgittîy · GittiteH1663
• Wherefore goestיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• thou also with us? returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• to thy placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• and abideיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• a strangerנׇכְרִיnokrîy · foreignH5237
• and also an exileגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: removeH1540

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 15:19

• 2 Samuel 18:2David then sent out the army – a third under the leadership of Joab, a third under the leadership of Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under the leadership of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the troops, “I too will indeed march out with you.”
• Ruth 1:11But Naomi replied, “Go back home, my daughters! There is no reason for you to return to Judah with me! I am no longer capable of giving birth to sons who might become your husbands!

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 15:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Thou art a stranger, and also an exile - Some suppose that Ittai was the son of Achish, king of Gath, who was very much attached to David, and banished from his father's court on that account. He and his six hundred men are generally supposed to have been proselytes to the Jewish religion.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-23Verses 13-23 David determined to quit Jerusalem. He took this resolve, as a penitent submitting to the rod. Before unrighteous Absalom he could justify himself, and stand out; but before the righteous God he must condemn himself, and yield to his judgments. Thus he accepts the punishment of his sin. And good men, when they themselves suffer, are anxious that others should not be led to suffer with them. He compelled none; those whose hearts were with…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19Ittai was a Philistine from Gath. He was associated with Gibeah in Benjamin (2 Samuel 23:29; 1 Chronicles 11:31). The Philistines had set up a military post in Gibeah at the start of Saul's rule (1 Samuel 10:5; 13:3). David was stepping aside for King Absalom, who had gained the loyalty of the people of Israel.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2018-20. all the Gittites, six hundred men--These were a body of foreign guards, natives of Gath, whom David, when in the country of the Philistines, had enlisted in his service, and kept around his person. Addressing their commander, Ittai, he made a searching trial of their fidelity in bidding them (2Sa 15:19) abide with the new king.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 15:19

• Aliens
• David
• Exile
• Friendship
• Gath
• Ittai
• Unselfishness

In the dictionaries

• Gittite
• Gath, Gittite
• Appoint
• Barefoot
• David
• Hear
• Ittai
• Prepare
• Steal
• Turn

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings