Abner conferred with the elders of Israel: “In the past you wanted David to be king over you.

When Joab was besieging the city, he put Uriah in the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers were.

while all his servants marched past him. Then all the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and the Gittites—600 men who came with him from Gath—marched past the king.

“March on,” David replied to Ittai. So Ittai the Gittite marched past with all his men and the children who were with him.

Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly while all the people were marching past. As the king was crossing the Kidron Valley, all the people were marching past on the road that leads to the desert.

Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. They set the ark of God down, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until the people had finished marching past.

“I will do whatever you think is best,” the king replied to them. So he stood beside the gate while all the troops marched out by hundreds and thousands.

Ziba slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like the Angel of God, so do whatever you think best.

She said, “In the past they used to say, ‘Seek counsel in Abel,’ and that’s how they settled disputes.