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There were 600 men from Gath who had come with David, along with the king’s bodyguard. <a href="/esv/2_samuel/15.htm">English Standard Version</a> And all his servants passed by him, and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath, passed on before the king. <a href="/bsb/2_samuel/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath. <a href="/kjv/2_samuel/15.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/2_samuel/15.htm">New King James Version</a> Then all his servants passed before him; and all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who had followed him from Gath, passed before the king. <a href="/nasb_/2_samuel/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now all of his servants passed by beside him, and all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who had come with him from Gath, passed by before the king. <a href="/nasb/2_samuel/15.htm">NASB 1995</a> Now all his servants passed on beside him, all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites and all the Gittites, six hundred men who had come with him from Gath, passed on before the king. <a href="/nasb77/2_samuel/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Now all his servants passed on beside him, all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who had come with him from Gath, passed on before the king. <a href="/lsb/2_samuel/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now all his servants passed on beside him, all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites and all the Gittites, six hundred men who had come with him from Gath, passed on before the king. <a href="/amp/2_samuel/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a> All of David’s servants passed on beside him, and all the Cherethites, Pelethites and the Gittites, six hundred men who had come with him from Gath, passed on before the king. <a href="/csb/2_samuel/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> while all his servants marched past him. Then all the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and the people of Gath— six hundred men who came with him from there —marched past the king. <a href="/hcsb/2_samuel/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> while all his servants marched past him. Then all the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and the Gittites—600 men who came with him from Gath—marched past the king. <a href="/asv/2_samuel/15.htm">American Standard Version</a> And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men that came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. <a href="/cev/2_samuel/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Then David stood there and watched while his regular troops and his bodyguards marched past. The last group was the 600 soldiers who had followed him from Gath. Their commander was Ittai. <a href="/erv/2_samuel/15.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/2_samuel/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> All his mercenaries passed by him; all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites, Ittai, and all 600 men who had followed him from Gath were marching past the king. <a href="/gnt/2_samuel/15.htm">Good News Translation</a> All his officials stood next to him as the royal bodyguards passed by in front of him. The six hundred soldiers who had followed him from Gath also passed by, <a href="/isv/2_samuel/15.htm">International Standard Version</a> All of his staff were going on ahead of him—that is, all of the special forces and mercenaries, all of the Gittites, and 600 men who had come to serve him from Gath, went on ahead of the king. <a href="/msb/2_samuel/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> and all his servants marched past him?all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath. <a href="/net/2_samuel/15.htm">NET Bible</a> All his servants were leaving with him, along with all the Kerethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites--some six hundred men who had come on foot from Gath. They were leaving with the king. <a href="/nheb/2_samuel/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And all the people passed on before him. And all those with him, all the officers and warriors, were six hundred men, and they passed on before him. And when all the Cherethites and all the Pelethites and all the Gittites who followed him from Gath passed on before the king. <a href="/wbt/2_samuel/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And all his servants passed on by his side; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. <a href="/web/2_samuel/15.htm">World English Bible</a> All his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_samuel/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And all his servants are passing on at his side, and all the Cherethite, and all the Pelethite, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came at his feet from Gath, are passing on at the front of the king. <a href="/ylt/2_samuel/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And all his servants are passing on at his side, and all the Cherethite, and all the Pelethite, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came at his feet from Gath, are passing on at the front of the king. <a href="/slt/2_samuel/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And all his servants passing by upon his hand; and all the Cherethites and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came at his foot from Gath, passing by at the face of the king.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_samuel/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And all his servants walked by him, and the bands of the Cerethi, and the Phelethi, and all the Gethites, valiant warriors, six hundred men who had followed him from Geth on foot, went before the king. <a href="/cpdv/2_samuel/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And all his servants were walking beside him. And the legions of the Cerethites and Phelethites, and all the Gittites, powerful fighters, six hundred men who had followed him from Gath on foot, were preceding the king. <a href="/nabre/2_samuel/15.htm">New American Bible</a> while the whole army marched past him. As all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and the six hundred Gittites who had entered his service from that city, were passing in review before the king, <a href="/nrsvce/2_samuel/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> All his officials passed by him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath, passed on before the king.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_samuel/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And all his servants passed on beside him; and all his noblemen and all his army and all the Gittites who had followed him from Gath passed on before the king. <a href="/hpbt/2_samuel/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And all his Servants went away with him and all of his Nobles, and all his Soldiers, and all the Gittites who came at his feet from Gath, passing before the King<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_samuel/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men that came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. <a href="/sep/2_samuel/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And all his servants passed on by his side, and every Chelethite, and every Phelethite, and they stood by the olive tree in the wilderness: and all the people marched near him, and all his court, and all the men of might, and all the men of war, six hundred: and they were present at his side: and every Chelethite, and every Phelethite, and all the six hundred Gittites that came on foot out of Geth, and they went on before the king. <a href="/parallel/2_samuel/15-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0ajZHUzMKw?start=4227" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/15.htm">David Flees Jerusalem</a> …17So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house, 18<a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">his servants</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ‘ō·ḇə·rîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">marched</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">past</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">him—</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3774.htm" title="3774: hak·kə·rê·ṯî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- The foreign bodyguard of King David. Probably from karath in the sense of executioner; a Kerethite or life-guardsman.">the Cherethites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/6432.htm" title="6432: hap·pə·lê·ṯî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Some of David's soldiers. From the same form as Peleth; a courier or official messenger.">Pelethites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/8337.htm" title="8337: šêš- (Number-fs) -- Masculine shishshah; a primitive number; six (see suws) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. Sixth.">six</a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: mê·’ō·wṯ (Number-fp) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction.">hundred</a> <a href="/hebrew/1663.htm" title="1663: hag·git·tîm (Art:: N-proper-mp) -- An inhab. of Gath. Patrial from Gath; a Gittite or inhabitant of Gath.">Gittites</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">had followed</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: ḇə·raḡ·lōw (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">him</a> <a href="/hebrew/1661.htm" title="1661: mig·gaṯ (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- Wine press, a Philistine city. The same as gath; Gath, a Philistine city.">from Gath.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ‘ō·ḇə·rîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê (N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: ham·me·leḵ (Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king."></a> 19Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_samuel/8-18.htm">2 Samuel 8:18</a> Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders. <a href="/1_chronicles/18-17.htm">1 Chronicles 18:17</a> Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side. <a href="/1_samuel/22-2.htm">1 Samuel 22:2</a> And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him. <a href="/1_samuel/23-13.htm">1 Samuel 23:13</a> Then David and his men, about six hundred strong, set out and departed from Keilah, moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he declined to go forth. <a href="/1_kings/1-38.htm">1 Kings 1:38</a> Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon. <a href="/1_kings/1-44.htm">1 Kings 1:44</a> And with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the king’s mule. <a href="/1_chronicles/12-1.htm">1 Chronicles 12:1-2</a> Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in battle; / they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin): <a href="/1_chronicles/12-22.htm">1 Chronicles 12:22</a> For at that time men came to David day after day to help him, until he had a great army, like the army of God. <a href="/2_samuel/23-8.htm">2 Samuel 23:8-39</a> These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the Three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed at one time. / Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty men, he went with David to taunt the Philistines who had gathered for battle at Pas-dammim. The men of Israel retreated, / but Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead. ... <a href="/2_samuel/16-6.htm">2 Samuel 16:6</a> He threw stones at David and at all the servants of the king, though the troops and all the mighty men were on David’s right and left. <a href="/2_samuel/20-7.htm">2 Samuel 20:7</a> So Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri. <a href="/2_samuel/20-23.htm">2 Samuel 20:23</a> Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; <a href="/2_samuel/23-13.htm">2 Samuel 23:13-17</a> At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. / At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem. / David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!” ... <a href="/1_chronicles/11-10.htm">1 Chronicles 11:10-25</a> Now these were the chiefs of David’s mighty men, who, together with all Israel, bolstered and strengthened his kingdom, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel. / This is the list of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the officers; he wielded his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed at one time. / Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men. ... <a href="/1_chronicles/11-26.htm">1 Chronicles 11:26-47</a> Now these were the mighty men: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem, / Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, / Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite, ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.Cherethites<a href="/2_samuel/8-18.htm">2 Samuel 8:18</a> And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.<a href="/2_samuel/20-7.htm">2 Samuel 20:7,23</a> 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… <a href="/1_samuel/30-14.htm">1 Samuel 30:14</a> We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.gittites<a href="/2_samuel/15-19.htm">2 Samuel 15:19-22</a> Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile… <a href="/2_samuel/6-10.htm">2 Samuel 6:10</a> So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.<a href="/2_samuel/18-2.htm">2 Samuel 18:2</a> And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/8-18.htm">Cherethite</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-18.htm">Cherethites</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-18.htm">Cher'ethites</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-17.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-8.htm">Followed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-20.htm">Gath</a> <a href="/joshua/13-3.htm">Gittites</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-11.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-31.htm">Ittai</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-18.htm">Kerethites</a> <a href="/2_samuel/2-32.htm">Marched</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-17.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-26.htm">Passing</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-18.htm">Past</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-18.htm">Pelethite</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-18.htm">Pelethites</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-18.htm">Pel'ethites</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-17.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-30.htm">Side</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-13.htm">Six</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/20-7.htm">Cherethite</a> <a href="/2_samuel/20-7.htm">Cherethites</a> <a href="/2_samuel/20-7.htm">Cher'ethites</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-30.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-23.htm">Followed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/21-20.htm">Gath</a> <a href="/joshua/13-3.htm">Gittites</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-1.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-19.htm">Ittai</a> <a href="/2_samuel/20-7.htm">Kerethites</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-22.htm">Marched</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-22.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-24.htm">Passing</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-34.htm">Past</a> <a href="/2_samuel/20-7.htm">Pelethite</a> <a href="/2_samuel/20-7.htm">Pelethites</a> <a href="/2_samuel/20-7.htm">Pel'ethites</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-6.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-6.htm">Side</a> <a href="/2_samuel/21-20.htm">Six</a><div class="vheading2">2 Samuel 15</div>1. <a href="/2_samuel/15-1.htm">Absalom, by fair speeches and courtesies, steals the hearts of Israel.</a> 7. <a href="/2_samuel/15-7.htm">By pretense of a vow, he obtains leave to go to Hebron</a> 10. <a href="/2_samuel/15-10.htm">He makes there a great conspiracy</a> 13. <a href="/2_samuel/15-13.htm">David upon the news flees from Jerusalem</a> 19. <a href="/2_samuel/15-19.htm">Ittai will leave him</a> 24. <a href="/2_samuel/15-24.htm">Zadok and Abiathar are sent back with the ark</a> 30. <a href="/2_samuel/15-30.htm">David and his company go up mount Olivet weeping,</a> 31. <a href="/2_samuel/15-31.htm">He curses Ahithophel's counsel</a> 32. <a href="/2_samuel/15-32.htm">Hushai is sent back with instructions</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/15.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_samuel/15.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>and all his servants marched past him This phrase indicates the loyalty and support David received from his followers during Absalom's rebellion. The term "servants" here refers to those who were devoted to David, including his personal bodyguards and military leaders. This loyalty is significant, as it demonstrates the strong bonds David had formed with his men, despite the political turmoil. The act of marching past David symbolizes their readiness to support and protect him, even in times of crisis.all the Cherethites and Pelethites The Cherethites and Pelethites were elite mercenary groups serving as David's personal bodyguards. They were likely of Philistine origin, which highlights David's ability to form alliances beyond Israel. Their presence underscores David's strategic acumen in surrounding himself with skilled warriors who were loyal to him. This also reflects the diverse nature of David's kingdom, where foreigners played crucial roles in his administration and military.and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath The Gittites were Philistines from the city of Gath, one of the five major Philistine cities. The fact that six hundred Gittites followed David from Gath indicates the deep loyalty and respect he commanded, even among former enemies. This group likely joined David during his time of refuge in Philistine territory when he fled from Saul. Their allegiance to David is a testament to his leadership qualities and ability to inspire devotion. This also prefigures the inclusion of Gentiles into the people of God, a theme that finds fulfillment in the New Testament with the spread of the Gospel to all nations.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a> The King of Israel, who is fleeing from his son Absalom's rebellion. This verse highlights his leadership and the loyalty of his followers. 2. <a href="/topical/k/kerethites_and_pelethites.htm">Kerethites and Pelethites</a> These were elite groups of warriors who served as David's personal bodyguards. Their presence signifies the loyalty and protection surrounding David. 3. <a href="/topical/g/gittites.htm">Gittites</a> Specifically, the six hundred men from Gath who had followed David. Their loyalty is notable as they were originally Philistines, showing David's ability to inspire allegiance beyond ethnic boundaries. 4. <a href="/topical/g/gath.htm">Gath</a> A Philistine city, indicating that David had influence and followers even from among his former enemies. 5. <a href="/topical/a/absalom's_rebellion.htm">Absalom's Rebellion</a> The broader context of this passage is the rebellion led by David's son Absalom, which forced David to flee Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/l/loyalty_and_leadership.htm">Loyalty and Leadership</a> David's ability to inspire loyalty among diverse groups, including foreigners, highlights the importance of integrity and leadership in building trust and allegiance. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_adversity.htm">God's Sovereignty in Adversity</a> Despite the rebellion and chaos, God’s hand is evident in the protection and support David receives, reminding us of His sovereignty in our trials. <a href="/topical/u/unity_in_diversity.htm">Unity in Diversity</a> The inclusion of the Gittites, former enemies, in David's ranks illustrates the power of unity and reconciliation, transcending cultural and historical enmities. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_service.htm">Faithfulness in Service</a> The Kerethites and Pelethites exemplify steadfastness and faithfulness in their service to David, encouraging us to be faithful in our commitments.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_samuel_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Samuel 15</a> <a href="/q/what_is_essentialism.htm">Who were the Cherethites in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/do_findings_confirm_2_samuel_18_events.htm">Do archaeological findings or historical records outside the Bible provide evidence confirming or contradicting the events described in 2 Samuel 18?</a> <a href="/q/who_were_the_cherethites_in_the_bible.htm">Who were the Cherethites in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/does_2_samuel_15_align_chronologically.htm">Does the timeline in 2 Samuel 15 align with other biblical accounts, or does it create chronological contradictions?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_samuel/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) Cherethites . . . Pelethites.--See Note on <a href="/2_samuel/8-18.htm" title="And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.">2Samuel 8:18</a>.Gittites.--This word in its form would naturally mean men of Gath, and it has therefore been understood by some commentators of a body of Philistines in David's service. But the term is distinctly explained here as meaning the "six hundred men which came after him from Gath," and called "Gittites" for that reason, a body of men with whom the previous history of David has made us very familiar. They had gathered to him during his outlawry (<a href="/context/1_samuel/22-1.htm" title="David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.">1Samuel 22:1-2</a>), had been with him at Keilah (<a href="/1_samuel/23-13.htm" title="Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he declined to go forth.">1Samuel 23:13</a>), in the wilderness of Paran (<a href="/1_samuel/25-13.htm" title="And David said to his men, Gird you on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred stayed by the stuff.">1Samuel 25:13</a>), and at Gath (<a href="/1_samuel/27-3.htm" title="And David dwelled with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.">1Samuel 27:3</a>), "came after him from Gath" to Ziklag, and shared with him in his life and exploits there (<a href="/1_samuel/27-8.htm" title="And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.">1Samuel 27:8</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/29-2.htm" title="And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rear guard with Achish.">1Samuel 29:2</a>; <a href="/context/1_samuel/30-1.htm" title="And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;">1Samuel 30:1-9</a>), and went up with him to Hebron (2 Samuel 23), and thence to Jerusalem (<a href="/2_samuel/5-6.htm" title="And the king and his men went to Jerusalem to the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spoke to David, saying, Except you take away the blind and the lame, you shall not come in here: thinking, David cannot come in here.">2Samuel 5:6</a>). They are generally supposed to have afterwards constituted the body of "heroes" or "mighty men," to whom frequent reference is made (<a href="/2_samuel/10-7.htm" title="And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.">2Samuel 10:7</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/16-6.htm" title="And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.">2Samuel 16:6</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/20-7.htm" title="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.">2Samuel 20:7</a>; <a href="/1_kings/1-8.htm" title="But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.">1Kings 1:8</a>). The Vatican LXX. here, as often, adds considerably to the text. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_samuel/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 18. - All the Gittites, air hundred men which came after him from Gath. The Septuagint reads "Gibborim," and without doubt these are the persons meant; but while they were styled Gibborim, the "mighties," for honour's sake, because of their prowess, they probably were popularly called David's Gittites, because they were the six hundred men who had formed his little army when he sought refuge with Achish, King of Gath (l <a href="/1_samuel/27-2.htm">1 Samuel 27:2</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/30-9.htm">1 Samuel 30:9</a>). They were not Philistines, but Israelites of desperate fortune (<a href="/1_samuel/22-2.htm">1 Samuel 22:2</a>); and it is a proof of David's great ability, and of the moral influence of his character, that he was successful, not only in controlling them and maintaining discipline, but also in forming them into as noble a set of heroes as ever existed, and who were faithful to him in all his fortunes. To their number belonged the thirty-seven champions end-merated in ch. 23, and possibly the title "Gibborim" strictly belonged to them only. As they are still called "the six hundred," it is probable that the corps was maintained at this number by new appointments, and that they had special privileges which made their position very desirable. Certainly David would never forget men who had shared all his fortunes, and been so true and so useful to him; and it is evident, from Hushai's counsel (<a href="/2_samuel/17-8.htm">2 Samuel 17:8</a>), that Absalom feared their resolute valour, and hesitated to attack without overwhelming numbers. Thenius compares these veterans to Napoleon's Old Guard. <a href="/commentaries/2_samuel/15-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>and all וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every his servants עֲבָדָיו֙ (‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant marched עֹבְרִ֣ים (‘ō·ḇə·rîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> To pass over, through, or by, pass on past עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against him— יָד֔וֹ (yā·ḏōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand all וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the Cherethites הַכְּרֵתִ֖י (hak·kə·rê·ṯî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3774.htm">Strong's 3774: </a> Cherethites -- the foreign bodyguard of King David and וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every Pelethites, הַפְּלֵתִ֑י (hap·pə·lê·ṯî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6432.htm">Strong's 6432: </a> A courier, official messenger and וְכָֽל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every six שֵׁשׁ־ (šêš-) Number - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8337.htm">Strong's 8337: </a> Six (a cardinal number) hundred מֵא֣וֹת (mê·’ō·wṯ) Number - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3967.htm">Strong's 3967: </a> A hundred Gittites הַגִּתִּ֞ים (hag·git·tîm) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1663.htm">Strong's 1663: </a> Gittite -- an inhabitant of Gath who אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that had followed בָּ֤אוּ (bā·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go him בְרַגְלוֹ֙ (ḇə·raḡ·lōw) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> A foot, a step, the pudenda from Gath. מִגַּ֔ת (mig·gaṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1661.htm">Strong's 1661: </a> Gath -- 'wine press', a Philistine city <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_samuel/15-18.htm">2 Samuel 15:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_samuel/15-18.htm">2 Samuel 15:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_samuel/15-18.htm">2 Samuel 15:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_samuel/15-18.htm">2 Samuel 15:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_samuel/15-18.htm">2 Samuel 15:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_samuel/15-18.htm">2 Samuel 15:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_samuel/15-18.htm">2 Samuel 15:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_samuel/15-18.htm">2 Samuel 15:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_samuel/15-18.htm">2 Samuel 15:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_samuel/15-18.htm">2 Samuel 15:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-18.htm">OT History: 2 Samuel 15:18 All his servants passed on beside him (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_samuel/15-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 15:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 15:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_samuel/15-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 15:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 15:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>