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So Ittai the Gittite marched past with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/15.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that <i>were</i> with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_samuel/15.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So David said to Ittai, “Go, and cross over.” Then Ittai the Gittite and all his men and all the little ones who <i>were</i> with him crossed over.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_samuel/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then David said to Ittai, “Go and cross over <i>the brook Kidron.</i>” So Ittai the Gittite crossed over with all his men and all the little ones who <i>were</i> with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/15.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Therefore David said to Ittai, &#8220Go and pass over.&#8221 So Ittai the Gittite passed over with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_samuel/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Therefore David said to Ittai, “Go and pass over.” So Ittai the Gittite passed over with all his men and all the little ones who <i>were</i> with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_samuel/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So David said to Ittai, “Go and pass over.” So Ittai the Gittite passed over with all his men and all the little ones who <i>were</i> with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_samuel/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So David said to Ittai, “Go on and cross over [the Brook Kidron].” So Ittai the Gittite crossed over with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_samuel/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“March on,” David replied to Ittai. So Ittai of Gath marched past with all his men and the dependents who were with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_samuel/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />March on,&#8221 David replied to Ittai. So Ittai the Gittite marched past with all his men and the children who were with him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_samuel/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_samuel/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />"Then come on!" David said. So Ittai and all his men and their families walked on past David. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_samuel/15.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_samuel/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So David told Ittai, "Go ahead and keep marching." So Ittai from Gath marched on with all his men and all the families who were with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_samuel/15.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Fine!" David answered. "March on!" So Ittai went on with all his men and their dependents. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_samuel/15.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So David replied, "Come along, then!" So Ittai the Gittite went along also, accompanied by all of his men and all of his little ones. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_samuel/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?March on then,? said David to Ittai. So Ittai the Gittite marched past with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_samuel/15.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So David said to Ittai, "Come along then." So Ittai the Gittite went along, accompanied by all his men and all the dependents who were with him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_samuel/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So David said to Ittai, "Go and pass over." Then Ittai passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones who were with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_samuel/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_samuel/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />David said to Ittai, “Go and pass over.” Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones who were with him. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_samuel/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And David says to Ittai, “Go and pass over”; and Ittai the Gittite passes over, and all his men, and all the infants who [are] with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_samuel/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And David saith unto Ittai, 'Go and pass over;' and Ittai the Gittite passeth over, and all his men, and all the infants who are with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_samuel/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And David will say to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite will pass over, and all his men, and all the little ones that are with him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_samuel/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And David said to Ethai: Come, and pass over. And Ethai the Gethite passed, and all the men that were with him, and the rest of the people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_samuel/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And David said to Ittai, “Come, and pass over.” And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all the men who were with him, and the rest of the multitude.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_samuel/15.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So the king said to Ittai, “Go, then, march on.” And Ittai the Gittite, with all his men and all the dependents that were with him, marched on.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_samuel/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />David said to Ittai, “Go then, march on.” So Ittai the Gittite marched on, with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_samuel/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. So Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men and all the little ones that were with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_samuel/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And David said to Ati: “Cross over; get yourself out!” And Ati the Gittite crossed over and all his men, and all the family that was with him.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_samuel/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And David said to Ittai: 'Go and pass over.' And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_samuel/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the king said to Ethi, Come and pass over with me. So Ethi the Gittite and the king passed over, and all his servants, and all the multitude with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_samuel/15-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0ajZHUzMKw?start=4280" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/15.htm">David Flees Jerusalem</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!” <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: wa·‘ă·ḇōr (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">“March on then,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wiḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">David</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/863.htm" title="863: ’it·tay (N-proper-ms) -- Or tiythay; from 'eth; near; Ittai or Ithai, the name of a Gittite and of an Israelite.">Ittai.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: lêḵ (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk."></a> <a href="/hebrew/863.htm" title="863: ’it·tay (N-proper-ms) -- Or tiythay; from 'eth; near; Ittai or Ithai, the name of a Gittite and of an Israelite.">So Ittai</a> <a href="/hebrew/1663.htm" title="1663: hag·git·tî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- An inhab. of Gath. Patrial from Gath; a Gittite or inhabitant of Gath.">the Gittite</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: way·ya·‘ă·ḇōr (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">marched past</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">with all</a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: ’ă·nā·šāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">his men</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2945.htm" title="2945: haṭ·ṭap̄ (Art:: N-ms) -- Children. From taphaph; a family.">the little ones</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who were</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’it·tōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">with him.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/1-16.htm">Ruth 1:16-17</a></span><br />But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. / Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/20-42.htm">1 Samuel 20:42</a></span><br />And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/19-37.htm">2 Samuel 19:37-38</a></span><br />Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.” / The king replied, “Chimham will cross over with me, and I will do for him what is good in your sight, and I will do for you whatever you desire of me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-38.htm">1 Kings 11:38</a></span><br />If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/31-49.htm">Genesis 31:49</a></span><br />It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/18-3.htm">1 Samuel 18:3</a></span><br />Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/22-23.htm">1 Samuel 22:23</a></span><br />Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks your life is seeking mine as well. You will be safe with me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/2-2.htm">2 Kings 2:2</a></span><br />and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-19.htm">Matthew 8:19-20</a></span><br />And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.” / Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/13-37.htm">John 13:37</a></span><br />“Lord,” said Peter, “why can’t I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-13.htm">John 15:13-15</a></span><br />Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. / You are My friends if you do what I command you. / No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/21-13.htm">Acts 21:13</a></span><br />Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/1-20.htm">Philippians 1:20-21</a></span><br />I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. / For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/4-16.htm">2 Timothy 4:16-17</a></span><br />At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them. / But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-56.htm">Genesis 24:56</a></span><br />But he replied, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/15-1.htm">Ahead</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-14.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-21.htm">Families</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-13.htm">Forward</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-21.htm">Gittite</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-19.htm">Infants</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-21.htm">Ittai</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-21.htm">It'tai</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-8.htm">Little</a> <a href="/judges/5-21.htm">March</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-18.htm">Marched</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-11.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-18.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-27.htm">Passeth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/1-5.htm">Ahead</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-30.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-53.htm">Families</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-5.htm">Forward</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-2.htm">Gittite</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-13.htm">Infants</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-2.htm">Ittai</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-29.htm">It'tai</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-1.htm">Little</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-8.htm">March</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-4.htm">Marched</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-8.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-23.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-23.htm">Passeth</a><div class="vheading2">2 Samuel 15</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/15-1.htm">Absalom, by fair speeches and courtesies, steals the hearts of Israel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/15-7.htm">By pretense of a vow, he obtains leave to go to Hebron</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/15-10.htm">He makes there a great conspiracy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/15-13.htm">David upon the news flees from Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/15-19.htm">Ittai will leave him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/15-24.htm">Zadok and Abiathar are sent back with the ark</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/15-30.htm">David and his company go up mount Olivet weeping,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/15-31.htm">He curses Ahithophel's counsel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/15-32.htm">Hushai is sent back with instructions</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/15.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_samuel/15.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>“March on then,” said David to Ittai.</b><br>David, the anointed king of Israel, is in a moment of crisis as he flees from his son Absalom, who has usurped the throne. This phrase highlights David's leadership and trust in God's sovereignty, even in adversity. Ittai the Gittite, a foreigner from Gath, shows loyalty to David, which is significant given the historical enmity between Israel and the Philistines. This loyalty reflects the theme of God's kingdom being open to all nations, foreshadowing the inclusion of Gentiles in the New Testament (e.g., <a href="/acts/10.htm">Acts 10</a>).<p><b>So Ittai the Gittite marched past with all his men</b><br>Ittai's commitment to David is remarkable, as he had only recently joined David's service. His decision to march with David demonstrates the power of personal loyalty and faithfulness, qualities that are highly valued in biblical narratives. The mention of "all his men" indicates that Ittai was a leader of a significant group, suggesting that he was a person of influence and authority. This mirrors the loyalty of the Gentile centurion to Jesus in <a href="/matthew/8-5.htm">Matthew 8:5-13</a>, where faith transcends ethnic boundaries.<p><b>and all the little ones who were with him.</b><br>The inclusion of "the little ones" underscores the comprehensive nature of Ittai's loyalty, as he brings not only his warriors but also their families. This detail highlights the vulnerability and trust involved in following David during a time of uncertainty. It reflects the biblical theme of God’s care for families and the importance of community. The presence of families also emphasizes the human cost of political upheaval and the faith required to follow God's anointed leader, reminiscent of the Israelites' journey in the Exodus.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The King of Israel, who is fleeing from his son Absalom's rebellion. David's leadership and faith are tested during this time of crisis.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/ittai_the_gittite.htm">Ittai the Gittite</a></b><br>A foreigner from Gath who shows loyalty to David. Despite being a newcomer, Ittai chooses to follow David, demonstrating faithfulness and courage.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/absalom's_rebellion.htm">Absalom's Rebellion</a></b><br>The backdrop of this event, where Absalom, David's son, has declared himself king, forcing David to flee Jerusalem.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_march.htm">The March</a></b><br>The act of Ittai and his men, including their families, joining David in his flight, symbolizing loyalty and commitment.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/gath.htm">Gath</a></b><br>A Philistine city, indicating Ittai's origins and highlighting the diverse following David had, even among foreigners.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/l/loyalty_and_commitment.htm">Loyalty and Commitment</a></b><br>Ittai's decision to follow David despite the risks teaches us about the importance of loyalty and commitment in our relationships and faith journey.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_leadership.htm">Faith in Leadership</a></b><br>David's acceptance of Ittai's loyalty reflects the importance of recognizing and valuing the support of others, even those who are new or different from us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/courage_in_uncertainty.htm">Courage in Uncertainty</a></b><br>Ittai's willingness to march with David into an uncertain future encourages us to trust God and step out in faith, even when the path is unclear.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/inclusivity_in_god's_kingdom.htm">Inclusivity in God's Kingdom</a></b><br>The inclusion of Ittai, a foreigner, in David's ranks reminds us that God's kingdom is open to all who choose to follow Him, regardless of their background.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/family_and_faith.htm">Family and Faith</a></b><br>The mention of "the little ones" with Ittai highlights the role of family in our faith journey, encouraging us to lead our families in following God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_samuel_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Samuel 15</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_david_flee_and_leave_the_ark.htm">Why would David, who trusted God's protection, flee Jerusalem and leave the Ark behind (2 Samuel 15:25-26)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_isn't_david's_temple_ban_reason_given.htm">Why does God forbid David from building the temple in 1 Chronicles 22:8 but never give that explicit reason in the parallel accounts (e.g., 2 Samuel 7)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_absalom_sway_israel_against_david.htm">How could Absalom have turned the hearts of all Israel against David so quickly (2 Samuel 15:6, 13)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_142_4_align_with_1_sam_22_2.htm">Psalm 142:4 shows David claiming no one cares for him--how does this reconcile with 1 Samuel 22:2, where he has loyal followers?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_samuel/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">All the little ones;</span> Hebrew, <span class="accented">all the taf</span>; in ver. 20 called "his brethren," that is, all the relatives and dependents who had accompanied him in his exile. Their presence with him proves that he had entirely broken with the Philistines, and left his country for good. He may have taken this step for religious reasons, though his swearing by Jehovah (ver. 21) does not prove it, as Achish did the same (<a href="/1_samuel/29-6.htm">1 Samuel 29:6</a>); or Ittai, after the capture of Gath by David (<a href="/2_samuel/8-1.htm">2 Samuel 8:1</a>), may have made himself unpopular by becoming the ally of the conqueror, and so finally have determined to leave the city, and find a home in Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_samuel/15-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“March on then,”</span><br /><span class="heb">וַעֲבֹ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(wa·‘ă·ḇōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֧אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">David</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּוִ֛ד</span> <span class="translit">(dā·wiḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> </span><span class="str2">David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Ittai.</span><br /><span class="heb">אִתַּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(’it·tay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_863.htm">Strong's 863: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ithai -- perhaps 'companionable', an Israelite, also a Philistine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">So Ittai</span><br /><span class="heb">אִתַּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(’it·tay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_863.htm">Strong's 863: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ithai -- perhaps 'companionable', an Israelite, also a Philistine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Gittite</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגִּתִּי֙</span> <span class="translit">(hag·git·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1663.htm">Strong's 1663: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gittite -- an inhabitant of Gath</span><br /><br /><span class="word">marched past</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֞ר</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘ă·ḇōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with all</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his men</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנָשָׁ֔יו</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nā·šāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and all</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the little ones</span><br /><span class="heb">הַטַּ֖ף</span> <span class="translit">(haṭ·ṭap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2945.htm">Strong's 2945: </a> </span><span class="str2">A family</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who [were]</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with him.</span><br /><span class="heb">אִתּֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’it·tōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nearness, near, with, by, at, among</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_samuel/15-22.htm">2 Samuel 15:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/15-22.htm">2 Samuel 15:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_samuel/15-22.htm">2 Samuel 15:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/15-22.htm">2 Samuel 15:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/15-22.htm">2 Samuel 15:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_samuel/15-22.htm">2 Samuel 15:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_samuel/15-22.htm">2 Samuel 15:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_samuel/15-22.htm">2 Samuel 15:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_samuel/15-22.htm">2 Samuel 15:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_samuel/15-22.htm">2 Samuel 15:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_samuel/15-22.htm">OT History: 2 Samuel 15:22 David said to Ittai Go and pass (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_samuel/15-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 15:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 15:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_samuel/15-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 15:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 15:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>