determined with certainty. The Cherethites are mentioned independently three times, and as the "Cherethites and Pelethites" seven times. They are interpreted...
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Philistines (redirect from List of battles between Israel and the Philistines)
with the Cherethites and Pelethites, who were of Philistine origin, serving as David's bodyguards and soldiers. The Aramean, Assyrian and Babylonian...
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Absalom (section Art and literature)
tenfold. All Israel and Judah flocked to him, and David, attended only by the Cherethites and Pelethites and his former bodyguard, which had followed him...
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(1 Kings 2:25), Joab (1 Kings 2:34) and Shimei (1 Kings 2:46). He was in charge of the Cherethites and Pelethites. Several verses in 1 Kings 1 illustrate...
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stealing the spear that the Egyptian was using, and killing the Egyptian with it. Cherethites and Pelethites English translations of the Bible Septuagint...
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elite Cherethite/Pelethite Royal guard, a mercenary force of 600 Gathites under their commander Ittai the Gittite. They marched to the Kidron valley and came...
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remained the established commander of the army, and Benaiah remained in charge of the Cherethites and Pelethites. Adoram (written as "Adoniram" in 1 Kings 4:6)...
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shared the priesthood until David's death (1 Kings 2:26). The Cherethites and Pelethites were the royal bodyguard, under the command of Benaiah (cf. 1...
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side and below the palace grounds (in the City of David), guarded by David's 'powerful and readily available mercenary troop', the "Cherethites and Pelethites"...
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elite Cherethite/Pelethite Royal guard, a mercenary force of 600 Gathites under their commander Ittai the Gittite. They marched to the Kidron valley and came...
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troops ('the people'), his personal bodyguard ('the Cherethites and Pelethites', cf. 2 Samuel 8:18) and a detachment of 600 Philistines from Gath under Ittai...
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of the kingdom. Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers at the king’s side. "Chief...
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