the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Dictionaries
Ittai
Smith's Bible Dictionary
or It'ta-i. (with the Lord).
1. "Ittai, the Gittite," that is, the native of Gath, a Philistine in the army of King David. He appears only during the revolution of Absalom. (B.C. 1023). We first discern him on the morning of David's flight. The king urges him to return, 2 Samuel 15:18-19, compare 1 Samuel 23:13; 1 Samuel 27:2; 1 Samuel 30:9-10; 1 Samuel 30:19-20, but Ittai is firm; he is the king's slave, and wherever his master goes, he will go.
Accordingly, he is allowed by David to proceed. When the army was numbered and organized by David at Mahanaim, Ittai again appears, now in command of a third part of the force. 2 Samuel 18:2; 2 Samuel 18:5; 2 Samuel 18:12.
2. Son of Ribai, from Gibeah of Benjamin; one of the thirty heroes of David's guard. 2 Samuel 23:29.
These files are public domain.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Ittai'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/i/ittai.html. 1901.
