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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.
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The King's Loyal Guard
Commentators explain that the Cherethites and Pelethites were David's official royal bodyguards. The Gittites were a special unit of 600 men, deeply loyal to David since his days as an outlaw before he was king. Scholars note they were called 'Gittites' because they followed him from the Philistine city of Gath, highlighting their long and shared history with the king.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Passed on - This refers to crossing the Brook Kidron, as in 2 Samuel 15:22–23.
Gittites - During David’s residence …
19th Century
Anglican
Cherethites ... Pelethites. —See Note on 2 Samuel 8:18.
Gittites. —This word in its form would…
Baptist
And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And all his servants passed on beside him Or at his hand or side; his household servants walking perhaps some on one…
David determined to leave Jerusalem. He took this resolve as a penitent submitting to the rod. Before unrighteous Absalom, he could justify himself…
