Cherethites

• כָּרִי·Carite
• כְּרֵתִי·Cherethites

Includes 2 verses that refer to Cherethites without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. 2 Samuel 8:18כְּרֵתִי · Cherethites
   Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
2. 2 Samuel 15:18כְּרֵתִי · Cherethites
   …and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.
3. 2 Samuel 15:19Referred to, not named
   Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.
4. 2 Samuel 15:20Referred to, not named
   In fact, you arrived only yesterday; should I make you wander around with us today while I do not know where I am going? Go back and take your brothers with you. May the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness.”
5. 2 Samuel 20:7כְּרֵתִי · Cherethites
   So Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri.
6. 2 Samuel 20:23כָּרִי · Carite; כָּרִי · Cherethites
   Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;
7. 1 Kings 1:38כְּרֵתִי · Cherethites
   Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.
8. 1 Kings 1:44כְּרֵתִי · Cherethites
   And with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the king’s mule.
9. 2 Kings 11:4כָּרִי · Carite; כָּרִי · Cherethites
   Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son
10. 2 Kings 11:19כָּרִי · Carite; כָּרִי · Cherethites
    He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace by way of the Gate of the Guards. Then Joash took his seat on the royal throne,
11. 1 Chronicles 18:17כְּרֵתִי · Cherethites
    Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.