Cherethim

"(Ezek. 25:16), more frequently Cherethites, the inhabitants of" "Southern Philistia, the Philistines (Zeph. 2:5). The Cherethites" and the Pelethites were David's life-guards (1 Sam. 30:14; 2 "Sam. 8:18; 20:7, 23; 23:23). This name is by some interpreted as" "meaning "Cretans," and by others "executioners," who were ready" "to execute the king's sentence of death (Gen. 37:36, marg.; 1" Kings 2:25).