One of the foreign peoples in the land of Canaan, but not clearly revealed in the Bible.
Joshua 16:2It went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along the border of the Arek people to Ataroth.
Hushai, David's friend, was an Arekite.
2 Samuel 15:32When David came to the summit, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Arekite came to meet him with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
2 Samuel 16:16When David’s friend Hushai the Arekite came to Absalom, he said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
2 Samuel 17:14Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Arekite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring disaster upon Absalom.
1 Chronicles 27:33Ahithophel was the king’s counselor, and Hushai the Arekite was the king’s friend.