Palti in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

pal'-ti (palTi, "Yah delivers"): (1) One of the "searchers" of Canaan sent by Moses (Nu 13:9), representing Benjamin in the expedition (13:9). (2) The man to whom Saul gave Michal, David's wife, after the estrangement (1 Sam 25:44). He is "the captain of the people" of 2 Esdras 5:16 ("Phaltiel," margin "Psaltiel"). In 2 Sam 3:15, he is named "Phaltiel" (the King James Version), "Paltiel" (the Revised Version), and is there mentioned in connection with David's recovery of Michal.