2 Samuel 15:13-18

David Flees Jerusalem

13 Then an informant came to David, saying, “^aThe hearts of the men of Israel ¹have followed Absalom.” 14 So David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “^aArise and let us flee, for otherwise there will be no escape for us from Absalom. Go in haste, lest he overtake us hastily and drive calamity on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.” 15 Then the king’s servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.” 16 So the king went out and all his household ¹with him. But ^athe king left ten concubines to keep the house. 17 And the king went out and all the people ¹with him, and they stopped at the last house. 18 Now all his servants passed on beside him, ^aall the Cherethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, ^bsix hundred men who had come ¹with him from Gath, passed on before the king.