Cherethites The

Cherethites The

Cher'ethites, The. (executioners). And a royal guardsman of King David.  2 Samuel 8:18;  2 Samuel 15:18;  2 Samuel 20:7;  2 Samuel 20:23;  1 Kings 1:38;  1 Kings 1:44;  1 Chronicles 18:17. It is plain that these royal guards were employed as executioners,  2 Kings 11:4, and as couriers,  1 Kings 14:27. But, it has been conjectured that, they may have been foreign mercenaries, and therefore, probably Philistines , of which name Pelethites may be only another form.