1 Kings 17:3
in 1 Kings 17“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
KJV
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
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This verse in 1 Kings 17
Commentary
6 notes on this verseFrom the typological point of view this symbol has two meanings. The stream [wadi] of Elijah prefigures that, at the fullness of time, the Messiah will come and will send the sinners to the stream that comes out of the sanctuary, just like the one …
This site's exposition
hide thyself by the brook Cherith
on 1 Kings 17:3-4
The command sends Elijah east across Jordan to Cherith, away from Ahab's reach, where ravens rather than any human hand supply his bread and flesh morning and evening. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown defend the plain reading of raven against conjectures that would emend the word to Arabians or merchants, since a miraculous feeding needs no natural explanation for where the birds found food. The prophet who shut heaven by his own word now depends on a daily supply he did not arrange, the same lesson Zarephath will teach a widow's jar.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
When the woman, the church, is driven into the wilderness, care it taken that she be fed and nourished there, time, times, and half a time, that is, three years and a half, which was just the time of Elijah's concealment.
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Brook Cherith - Rather, “the torrent course,” one of the many which carry the winter rains from the highlands into that stream.
Hide thyself by the brook Cherith - This brook, and the valley through which it ran, are supposed to have been on the western side of Jordan, and not far from Samaria. Others suppose it to have been on the eastern side, because the prophet is commanded to go eastward, 1Ki 17:3. It was necessary, after such a declaration to this wicked and idolatrous king, that he should immediately hide himself; as, on the first drought, Ahab would undoubtedly seek his life. But what a proof was this of the power of God, and the vanity of idols! As God’s prophet prayed, so there was rain or drought; and all the gods of Israel could not reverse it! Was not this sufficient to have converted all Israel?
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֵ֣ךְ | lekh | go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| מִזֶּ֔ה | mizeh | from here | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| וּפָנִ֥יתָ | ufanita | and you will turn | H6437 → | 135 times |
| לְּךָ֖ | lekha | <for> yourself | ||
| קֵ֑דְמָה | kedemah | east -ward | H6924 → | 87 times |
| וְנִסְתַּרְתָּ֙ | venistarta | and you will hide yourself | H5641 → | |
| בְּנַ֣חַל | benachal | at [the] wadi of | H5158 → | 141 times |
| כְּרִ֔ית | kerit | Kerith | H3747 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [is] on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵ֥י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ | haiyarden | the Jordan | H3383 → | 182 times |
לֵ֣ךְgo
lekhH1980 →1546 times
מִזֶּ֔הfrom here
mizehH2088 →1180 times
וּפָנִ֥יתָand you will turn
ufanitaH6437 →135 times
לְּךָ֖<for> yourself
lekha
קֵ֑דְמָהeast -ward
kedemahH6924 →87 times
וְנִסְתַּרְתָּ֙and you will hide yourself
venistartaH5641 →
בְּנַ֣חַלat [the] wadi of
benachalH5158 →141 times
כְּרִ֔יתKerith
keritH3747 →
אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עַל־[is] on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵ֥י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃the Jordan
haiyardenH3383 →182 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 31:20You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.
it leads to
- Psalms 27:5
For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 32:7
You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
- Psalms 91:1–4
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Job 5:21
You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
- Psalms 64:2–4
Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
- Psalms 27:5
Through
Revelation 12:14But 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,…
it leads to
- Exodus 19:4
‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.
- Isaiah 40:31
But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
- Revelation 12:6
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
- Exodus 19:4
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 17:2; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.