CARITES occurs in the Kethîbh of the Heb. text and margin of RV [Note: Revised Version.] in 2Sa_20:23, where the Kerç has Cherethites, and in RV [Note: Revised Version.] of 2Ki_11:4, where the AV [Note: Authorized Version.] has captains (RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] executioners). The Carites were possibly Phil. mercenaries from Caria, as the Cherethites were from Crete.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
kar?i-tēz (כּרי, kārı̄) , ?one ready,? ?life-guardsman?): A body of troops mentioned in 2Ki_11:4, 2Ki_11:19 (the King James Version ?captains?). Instead of CHERETHITES (which see), the Kethibh of 2Sa_20:23 offers the reading Carites.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.