וַיַּ֧עַן אִתַּ֛י אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר חַי־יְהוָ֗ה וְחֵי֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּ֠י אִם־בִּמְק֞וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִֽהְיֶה־שָּׁ֣ם ׀ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ אִם־לְמָ֙וֶת֙ אִם־לְחַיִּ֔ים כִּי־שָׁ֖ם יִהְיֶ֥ה עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃
И Итай ответил царю и сказал: 'Как жив Господь и как господин мой царь, так и в каком месте будет господин мой царь, будь то смерть или жизнь, и там будет и слуга твой.'
Otzar Midrashim
"For rather wherever milord king will be" (II Samuel 15:21) is written, because Ittai the Gittite spoke with all his heart and all his soul and the force of his words, "For rather, wherever milord king will be, be it to death, or to life, for there your servant will be," and he was righteous in the heart of David as a foreigner. And the verse is missing "rather," because it says "Go back and stay with the king, for you are a foreigner, and an exile to your country" (II Samuel 15:19), thus "rather" is written but not read.