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1 Kings 17:3

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“Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

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1 Kings 17:3 in other translations

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

1 Kings 17:3 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 17:3 in context

  1. 1Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”
  2. 2Then Yahweh’s word came to him, saying,
  3. 3“Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
  4. 4You shall drink from the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
  5. 5So he went and did according to Yahweh’s word; for he went and lived by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan.