9. And the king saith to him, `Go in peace;' and he riseth and goeth to Hebron,
10. and Absalom sendeth spies through all the tribes of Israel, saying, `At your hearing the voice of the trumpet, then ye have said, Absalom hath reigned in Hebron.'
11. And with Absalom have gone two hundred men, out of Jerusalem, invited ones, and they are going in their simplicity, and have not known anything;
12. and Absalom sendeth Ahithophel the Gilonite, a counsellor of David, out of his city, out of Gilo, in his sacrificing sacrifices; and the conspiracy is strong, and the people are going and increasing with Absalom.
13. And he who is declaring tidings cometh in unto David, saying, `The heart of the men of Israel hath been after Absalom.'
14. And David saith to all his servants who [are] with him in Jerusalem, `Rise, and we flee, for we have no escape from the face of Absalom; haste to go, lest he hasten, and have overtaken us, and forced on us evil, and smitten the city by themouth of the sword.'
15. And the servants of the king say unto the king, `According to all that my lord the king chooseth--lo, thy servants [do].'
16. And the king goeth out, and all his household at his feet, and the king leaveth ten women--concubines--to keep the house.
17. And the king goeth out, and all the people at his feet, and they stand still at the farthest off house.
18. And all his servants are passing on at his side, and all the Cherethite, and all the Pelethite, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came at his feet from Gath, are passing on at the front of the king.
19. And the king saith unto Ittai the Gittite, `Why dost thou go--thou also--with us? turn back--and abide with the king, for thou [art] a stranger, and also an exile thou--to thy place.
20. Yesterday [is] thy coming in, and to-day I move thee to go with us, and I am going on that which I am going! --turn back, and take back thy brethren with thee, --kindness and truth.'