15:22 So David said to Ittai, “Come along then.” 1 So Ittai the Gittite went along, 2 accompanied by all his men and all the dependents 3 who were with him.
2 Samuel 17:8
17:8 Hushai went on to say, “You know your father and his men – they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. 4 Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army.
1 tnHeb “Come and cross over.”
2 tnHeb “crossed over.”
3 tnHeb “all the little ones.”
4 tc The LXX (with the exception of the recensions of Origen and Lucian) repeats the description as follows: “Just as a female bear bereft of cubs in a field.”