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 made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.”2 Samuel 8:18 · וְהַכְּרֵתִ֖יand Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers.2 Samuel 15:18 · הַכְּרֵתִ֖יAll his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.2 Samuel 20:7 · וְהַכְּרֵתִ֥יThere went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.2 Samuel 20:23 · הַכְּרֵתִ֖יNow Joab was over all the army of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;1 Kings 1:38 · וְהַכְּרֵתִי֙So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride on king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.1 Kings 1:44 · וְהַכְּרֵתִ֖יThe king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused him to ride on the king’s mule.1 Chronicles 18:17 · הַכְּרֵתִ֖יand Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.Zephaniah 2:5 · כְּרֵתִ֑יםWoe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of Yahweh is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines. I will destroy you, that there will be no inhabitant.