2 Samuel 15:20 meaning and explanation

In fact, you arrived only yesterday; should I make you wander around with us today while I do not know where I am going? Go back and take your brothers with you. May the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness.”

2 Samuel 15:20, Berean Standard Bible

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David is speaking to Ittai the Gittite, a foreigner from Gath who had only recently joined him, as the king flees Jerusalem barefoot and weeping before Absalom's coup. David releases Ittai from any obligation, since he cannot promise the man a destination or a future.

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