Cherethites (kĕr'e-thîtes), executioners, and Pelethites (pĕl'e-thîtes or pç'leth-îtes), couriers. The life-guards of King David. 2 Samuel 8:18, 2 Samuel 15:18, 2 Samuel 20:7, 2 Samuel 20:23, 1 Kings 1:38, 1 Kings 1:44, 1 Chronicles 18:17, 2 Kings 11:4, R. V. "Carites." but it has been conjectured that they may have been foreign mercenaries, and therefore probably Philistines.