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Cherethim
Cherith, The brook
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(
executioners
) and of King David. (
2 Samuel 8:18
;
15:18
;
2 Samuel 20:7
2 Samuel 20:23
;
1 Kings 1:38
1 Kings 1:44
;
1 Chronicles 18:17
) It is plain that these royal guards were employed as executioners., (
2 Kings 11:4
) and as couriers, (
1 Kings 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.