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Pelethites

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: P By: James P. Boyd

2 Samuel 8:18; 15:18; 20:7

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(runners). Retainers and messengers of David (2 Sam. 8:18; 15:18; 20:7¹⁸And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers. (2 Samuel 8:18)
¹⁸And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. (2 Samuel 15:18)
⁷And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. (2 Samuel 20:7)).

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