Cherethim

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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).