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pelethites

pelethites


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  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 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Pelethites,  judges;  destroyers