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Pelethites
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Mentioned always along with the Cherethites, and only in the time of David. The word probably means “runners” or “couriers,” and may denote that while forming part of David’s bodyguard, they were also sometimes employed as couriers (2 Sam. 8:18; 20:7, 23;1 Kings 1:38, 44; 1 Chr. 18:17). Some, however, think that these are the names simply of two Philistine tribes from which David selected his body-guard. They are mentioned along with the Gittites (2 Sam. 15:18), another body of foreign troops whom David gathered round him.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(couriers). [Cherethites]
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
PE'LETHITES. 2 Sam 8:18. See Cherethites.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
judges; destroyers
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
PE'LETHITES. 2 Sam 8:18. See Cherethites.