Another foreigner who remained fiercely loyal to David was Ittai the Gittite. Ittai and his 600 warriors supported King David when David's son Absalom rebelled and turned the hearts of the men of Israel against the king. David initially suggested to Ittai that because he was a foreigner, it was not his fight. But Ittai said: "As surely as Jehovah is living and as surely as my lord the king is living, wherever my lord the king may be, whether for death for life, there your servant will be!" - 2 SAMUEL 15:6, 18-21.
Even though the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and the Gittites were foreigners, they recognized Jehovah as the true God and David and Jehovah's anointed one. How grateful David must have been to have such loyal men at his side!
Next time: IMITATE THEIR FAITH/ENOCH - "He Had Pleased God Well"
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