Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 15:19

19 ¶ Then said the king to [illegible: 1+ letters]ttai 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.

Either, First, To thy native Countrey of Gath, where thou wiltst be remote from our bros[illegible: 1+ letters]s. Or, Secondly, To Ierusalem, where thy settled abode now is.

Or, or: for he could not both go to Gath, and tarry in Ierusalem with [illegible: 1+ letters] salom. Although this part of the Verse [illegible: 1+ letters]es otherwise in the Hebrew Text, and may be rendred thus, [illegible: 1 word] (to wit, to Ierusalem) and abide with the King (there); for [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] a stranger and exile from thy own place; or, in respect of thy own place, or, as concerning thy place, i. e. in regard of the place of thy birth and former habitation.

With Absalom, who is now made King by the choice of the people, and therefore is able to give thee that protection and encouragement which thou deservest; whereas I am in a manner deposed and unable to do for thee what I desired and intended.

Not much concerned in our affairs, and therefore not fit to be involved in our troubles.