Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(as if from a place named Erech, on the frontiers of Ephraim), the usual designation of David’s friend Hushai.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
AR'CHITE, THE, the designation always coupled, in the Bible, with the name of Hushai, David's faithful friend, 2 Sam 15:32; 2 Sam 16:16; 2 Sam 17:5-14; 1 Chr 27:33.