And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
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Interpretation
David determined to quit Jerusalem. He took this resolve, as a penitent submitting to the rod.
Glossary
- Gath Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell es Safi.