Thematic Bible: Attended by a body-guard
Thematic Bible
Kings » Attended by a body-guard
He chose 3,000 men from Israel for himself: 2,000 were with Saul at Michmash and in Bethel’s hill country, and 1,000 were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. He sent the rest of the troops away, each to his own tent.
the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
and David’s sons were chief officials.
King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them into the care of the captains of the royal escorts who guarded the entrance to the king’s palace.
He was the most honored of the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.