Dict: easton - Cherethim
easton:
Cherethim
@ kjv@Ezekiel:25:16), more frequently Cherethites, the inhabitants of Southern Philistia, the Philistines kjv@Zephaniah:2:5). The Cherethites and the Pelethites were David's life-guards ( kjv@1Samuel:30:14; kjv@2Samuel:8:18 kjv@2Samuel:20:7 kjv@2Samuel:20:23 kjv@2Samuel: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 kjv@Genesis:37:36, marg.; kjvKings:2:25).
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