Dictionaries :: Pelethites

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Pelethites:

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 (2Sa 8:18; 20:7,23; 1Ki 1:38,44; 1Ch 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 (2Sa 15:18), another body of foreign troops whom David gathered round him.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Pelethites:

judges; destroyers

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Pelethites:

pel'-e-thits, pe'-leth-its (pelethi): A company of David's bodyguard, like the CHERETHITES (which see) (2Sa 8:18; 15:18); probably a corrupt form of "Philistines."

Nave's Topical Bible

Pelethites: A Part of David's Bodyguard

1Ki 1:38; 2Sa 8:18; 20:7, 23; 1Ch 18:17

Pelethites: Absalom's Escort

2Sa 15:18

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Pelethites:

(couriers.) SEE [CHERETHITES].