13. Then the messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.”
14. Then David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, “Get up and let us flee, for there will be no escape for us from Absalom! Hurry to go, otherwise he will come quickly and overtake us! And he will bring disaster on us and evil! He will attack the city with the edge of the sword!”
15. Then the servants of the king said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king chooses, your servants are ready to act!”
16. The king went out with all his household following him, but the king left behind ten concubines to look after the house.
17. So the king went out with all the people following him, and they stopped at the last house.
18. All his servants were passing by him: all of the Kerethites and all of the Pelethites and all of the Gittites—six hundred men who had followed him from Gath—passing before the king.