CARITES

kar'-i-tez (kari) , "one ready," "life-guardsman"): A body of troops mentioned in 2 Kings 11:4,19 (the King James Version "captains"). Instead of CHERETHITES (which see), the Kethibh of 2 Samuel 20:23 offers the reading Carites.

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.