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.
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Gill's Exposition
We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites,.... The Philistines so called, or at least one nation of them, such that dwelt to the south of the land, Sa1 30:16; See Gill on Zep 2:5,
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Barnes' Notes
The Cherethites - Here used as synonymous with Philistines 1Sa 30:16. In David’s reign the body-guard commanded by Benaiah consisted of Cherethites and Pelethites (Philistines?) and a picked corps of…
Adam Clarke
Upon the south of the Cherethites - Calmet and others maintain, that the כרתי kerethi, which, without the points, might be read Creti, were not only at this time Philistines, but that they were…
Solomon observes that the righteous is delivered out of trouble and the wicked cometh in his stead, that the just falleth seven times a-day and riseth again; so it was with David. Many were his…
Cambridge Bible
the Cherethites Evidently a tribe of Philistines living on the southern border of Philistia, as the spoil is said in 1Sa 30:30 to have been taken "out of the land of the Philistines." Cp. 2Sa 8:18…
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