PELETHITES

Are always mentioned together with the Cherethites, as constituting the king’s bodyguard, 2Sa 8:18 22:23. The word, if not the name of a Jewish or a Philistine family, is supposed to signify runners; and thus they would seem to have been the royal messengers; just as the Cherethites, from a Hebrew word signifying to cut off, were the king’s executioners. See CHERETHITES.

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Pelethites. 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 (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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Pelethites. judges; destroyers

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PELETHITES. → A part of David's bodyguard 1Ki 1:38; 2Sa 8:18; 20:7,23; 1Ch 18:17 → Absalom's escort 2Sa 15:18

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part of David's guard 2Sa 8:18; 15:18; 20:7; 1Ki 1:38; 1Ch 18:17