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Passed on - This refers to crossing the Brook Kidron, as in 2 Samuel 15:22–23.
Gittites - During David’s residence …

Cherethites ... Pelethites. —See Note on 2 Samuel 8:18.
Gittites. —This word in its form would…

And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.

And all his servants pa ed on beside him
Or at his hand or side; his household servants walking perhaps some on one …

David determined to leave Jerusalem. He took this resolve as a penitent submitting to the rod. Before unrighteous Absalom, he could justify himself…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes