People of the Bible › Cherethites
Cherethites כְּרֵתִי
People from Chereth(?). The Cherethites were a Philistine tribe that often served as royal guards.
Also called Cherethite, Kerethite.
Where Cherethites appears
1 Samuel (1), Ezekiel (1), Zephaniah (1)
Key verses
- 1 Samuel 30:14 first mention — We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
- Ezekiel 25:16 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.
- Zephaniah 2:5 — Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.