And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.(2 Samuel 15:17)

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.(2 Samuel 15:18)

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 stranger, and also an exile.(2 Samuel 15:19)

Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.

And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.(2 Samuel 15:21)

And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.(2 Samuel 15:22)

And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.(2 Samuel 15:23)

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2 Samuel 15:20 - Cross Reference

Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. (Psalm 89:14)

Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? (Psalm 56:8)

He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. (Psalm 57:3)

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. (Psalm 85:10)

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. (John 1:17)

Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth. (1 Samuel 23:13)

He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him. (Psalm 61:7)

They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (Hebrews 11:37)

All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. (Psalm 25:10)

Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied. (Psalm 59:15)

And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it. (Amos 8:12)

Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. (Proverbs 14:22)

The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: (2 Timothy 1:16)

And now the LORD show kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing. (2 Samuel 2:6)