Someone descended from Chereth(?), first mentioned at 1Sa.30.14 § Cherethites = "executioners" 1) a group of foreign mercenary soldiers serving as a bodyguard for king David; also executioners 2) either Cretans or proto-Philistines (in general)
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H3774 — כְּרֵתִי
ke.re.ti · Cherethite · Hebrew/Aramaic
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1 Samuel 30:14 · הַכְּרֵתִ֛יWe raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”2 Samuel 8:18 · וְהַכְּרֵתִ֖יBenaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.2 Samuel 15:18 · הַכְּרֵתִ֖יand all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.2 Samuel 20:7 · וְהַכְּרֵתִ֥יSo Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri.2 Samuel 20:23 · הַכְּרֵתִ֖יNow Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;1 Kings 1:38 · וְהַכְּרֵתִי֙Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.1 Kings 1:44 · וְהַכְּרֵתִ֖יAnd with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the king’s mule.1 Chronicles 18:17 · הַכְּרֵתִ֖יBenaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.Zephaniah 2:5 · כְּרֵתִ֑יםWoe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”