Cherethites
(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.
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