Ittai the Gittite. The patronymic must here be understood literally, since David calls him a stranger and also an exile; …

Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a strang…

Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite
Who was over the band of Gittites, the six hundred men, ([Reference 2 Samuel…

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