David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise!
Let’s flee, or else none of us will escape from Absalom.
Hurry to depart, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
The king’s servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.”
The king went out, and all his household after him.
The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.
The king went out, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth Merhak.