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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Pelethites (People, perhaps from Pelath)
They always come paired with the Cherethites, as David's personal guard under Benaiah. The names sound foreign, and they were probably hired soldiers of Philistine or Aegean background.
They always come paired with the Cherethites, as David's personal guard under Benaiah. The names sound foreign, and they were probably hired soldiers of Philistine or Aegean background.
Pelethites, always mentioned alongside the Cherethites, formed part of David's personal bodyguard under the command of Benaiah. Their foreign sounding names suggest they were mercenaries of Philistine or Aegean background rather than native Israelites, which made them useful as troops loyal to the king rather than to any Israelite tribe.
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- 2 Samuel 8:18
- 2 Samuel 15:18
- 2 Samuel 20:7
- 2 Samuel 20:23
- 1 Kings 1:38
- 1 Kings 1:44
- 1 Chronicles 18:17
