Footnote 3 – The First Peace Treaty Between Israel and Egypt
Some scholars have suggested that because Achish king of Gath remitted certain fugitives to King Solomon at this time, this indicates Gath was already a dependency of Israel. The remission of these fugitives to their master, however, does not necessarily imply that Gath was a dependency of Israel. The extradition of refugees of all kinds (whether nobles or men of lower class) was not only one of the legal obligations imposed on a vassal state, but was also an article of a “parity treaty,” i.e. one between equally sovereign states.