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Ittai

Gittite loyal to David

Gittite warrior who remains loyal to during Absalom's rebellion.

7 appearances1 Bible books1 known aliases

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commander from who arrives with six hundred men shortly before 's revolt and refuses 's offer to spare him by returning to the city. He swears that wherever the king is, whether for death or for life, his servant will also be, and David weeps as he and his men cross the with the household. When David divides his forces in the forest of Ephraim, Ittai commands a third of the army alongside and .

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