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1 Kings 17:3

CherithJordan
Guidance and decisionsObedience

1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

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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.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 36:26

    But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.

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  • Psalms 31:20

    Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

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  • Revelation 12:6

    And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

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  • Hebrews 11:38

    (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

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  • Psalms 83:3

    They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

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  • Revelation 12:14

    And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

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  • Jeremiah 36:19

    Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.

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  • 1 Kings 22:25

    And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

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