1 Kings 17:3
Go from here in the direction of the east, and keep yourself in a secret place by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.
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In Context
2Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
4The water of the stream will be your drink, and by my orders the ravens will give you food there.
Cross References
Psalms 31:20\31:19\O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!
Jeremiah 36:19Then the rulers said to Baruch, Go and put yourself in a safe place, you and Jeremiah, and let no man have knowledge of where you are.
John 8:59So they took up stones to send at him: but Jesus got secretly out of their way and went out of the Temple.
Hebrews 11:38Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.
Revelation 12:14And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle, so that she might go in flight into the waste land, to her place, where she is given food for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the snake.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 17:2-8
Elijah's First Prophecy; Elijah Fed by Ravens. ( b. c. 910.) 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, 3 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… Read the whole commentary →