cherethites Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
cherethites in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(executioners) and of King David. #2Sa 8:18; 15:18; 20:7,23; 1Ki 1:38,44; 1Ch 18:17| It is plain that these royal guards were employed as executioners., #2Ki 11:4| and as couriers, #1Ki 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.