2 Samuel 15:18

David Flees Jerusalem · 2 Samuel 15:13–29
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Translations

Modern
…and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.
Traditional
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.
Literal
And all his servants passed over before his hand, and all the Cherethite, and all the Pelethite, and all the Gittite—six hundred men who had followed at his foot from Gath passed over before the face of the king.
Latin
…et universi servi ejus ambulabant juxta eum, et legiones Cerethi, et Phelethi, et omnes Gethæi, pugnatores validi, sexcenti viri qui secuti eum fuerant de Geth pedites, præcedebant regem.

Original

Hebrew
English
…and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.

Notes

Absalom revolted against David eleven years after Amnon violated Tamar (compare 2 Samuel 13:23, 38; 14:28; 15:7). This was around the twenty-fifth year of David's thirty-three-year rule in Jerusalem.

Theme notes and profiles

Absalom David

Events

Parallels

Psalm 3:1–8

People

Cherethites: Member of Philistine tribe serving as royal guard Pelethites: Elite military unit loyal to King David

Places

Gath: Philistine city; home of Goliath; refuge for David

Glossary

Absalom Benaiah David Gath Gilead (Place) Ittai Joab Kerethites Kings, Books of First and Second Nathan Pelethites Proverbs, Book of Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Cherethites: A Philistine Tribe, Which Adhered to David, and with the Pelethites Formed his Bodyguard David: King of Israel: David's Flight from Jerusalem Gath: Band of Gittites, Attached to David Israel: Under the Kings Before the Separation Into Two Kingdoms: Absalom's Rebellion King: Chief officers of The Chief of the Bodyguard Pelethites: Absalom's Escort