The Cherethites and Pelethites were people who lived among the Philistines and who, like the Philistines, probably came originally from Crete (1Sa 30:14; Eze 25:16; Zep 2:5; see PHILISTIA). They were such good soldiers that David, upon conquering the Philistines, used them to form his personal bodyguard, under the command of the tough Benaiah (2Sa 8:18; 2Sa 20:23). They were fiercely loyal to David through the rebellions of Absalom and Sheba, and they supported Davids chosen successor, Solomon, when there was an attempted coup against him (2Sa 15:18; 2Sa 20:7; 1Ki 1:38). There is no mention of them after the death of David.<\/p>\n
kere-thts (, kerethm, , ha-kereth; , Cheleth executioners, life-guardsmen): A people in South Palestine whose territory bordered upon that of Judah (1Sa 30:14). In 1Sa 30:16 this land is apparently identical with that of the Philistines. In Eze 25:16 the Philistines and the Cherethites are threatened together; while in Zep 2:5 the Cherethites are evidently the dwellers in the land of the Philistines, the inhabitants of the seacoast. Septuagint in both Ezekiel and Zephaniah renders the name Cretans. The translators may have been guided only by the sound. But Zeus Cretagenes in Gaza suggests a connection with the island of Crete. See, however, CAPHTOR. It may be taken as certain that the Cherethites were a Philistine clan. In conjunction with the Pelethites they are frequently named as forming the guard of David (2Sa 8:18, etc.). It was the custom of many ancient monarchs to have a guard of foreign mercenaries.<\/p>\n
H3774<\/span> <\/p>\n A Philistine tribe, which adhered to David, and with the Pelethites formed his bodyguard<\/p>\n 1Sa 30:14<\/span>; 1Sa 30:16<\/span>; 2Sa 8:18<\/span>; 2Sa 15:18<\/span>; 2Sa 20:7<\/span>; 2Sa 20:23<\/span>; 1Ki 1:38<\/span>; 1Ki 1:44<\/span>; 1Ch 18:17<\/span>; Eze 25:16<\/span>; Zep 2:5<\/span> <\/p>\n \n Solomon’s escort at his coronation<\/p>\n 1Ki 1:38<\/span> <\/p>\n Cherethites (kr’e-thtes), executioners, and Pelethites (pl’e-thtes or p’leth-tes), couriers. The life-guards of King David. 2Sa 8:18; 2Sa 15:18; 2Sa 20:7; 2Sa 20:23; 1Ki 1:38; 1Ki 1:44; 1Ch 18:17; 2Ki 11:4, R. V. “Carites.” But it has been conjectured that they may have been foreign mercenaries, and therefore probably Philistines.<\/p>\n CHERETHITES The Cherethites and Pelethites were people who lived among the Philistines and who, like the Philistines, probably came originally from Crete (1Sa 30:14; Eze 25:16; Zep 2:5; see PHILISTIA). They were such good soldiers that David, upon conquering the Philistines, used them to form his personal bodyguard, under the command of the tough Benaiah … Continue reading “Cherethites”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Cherethites<\/h2>\n
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