1 Kings 17:3
1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
2 Then a revelation from the LORD came to Elijah:
“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
4 And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
5 So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
- KJV
- Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
- WEB
- “Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
- ASV
- Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
- DARBY
- Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the torrent Cherith, which is before the Jordan.
- BLB
- “Go from this [place] and turn for yourself eastward, and hide by the Brook of Cherith that [is] on the face of the Jordan.
- ÅB
- Gå herfra og ta veien mot øst og skjul deg ved bekken Krit østenfor Jordan!
- OTB
- "Dra herfra og dra østover, og skjul deg ved bekken Kerit, som er øst for Jordan.
- B1930
- Gå herfra og ta veien mot øst og skjul dig ved bekken Krit østenfor Jordan!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 36:26
Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.
Read in contextPsalms 31:20
You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.
Read in contextRevelation 12:6
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
Read in contextHebrews 11:38
The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
Read in contextPsalms 83:3
With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
Read in contextRevelation 12:14
But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
Read in contextJeremiah 36:19
Then the officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must hide yourselves and tell no one where you are.”
Read in context1 Kings 22:25
Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
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