cherethim

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cherethim - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  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).