Pelethites פְּלֵתִי

David's warriors. The Pelethites, along with the Cherethites, were an elite military unit loyal to King David.

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Also called Pelethite.

Where Pelethites appears

2 Samuel (4), 1 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (1)

Key verses

• 2 Samuel 8:18 first mention — And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.
• 2 Samuel 15:18 — And 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 20:7 — And 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 20:23 — Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
• 1 Kings 1:38 — So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
• 1 Kings 1:44 — And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule:
• 1 Chronicles 18:17 — And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.