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1 Kings 17:3

1 Kings 17:3 is verse 3 of 1 Kings chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

Or the Cherith Ravine, near the Jordan; also in verse 5

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

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1 Kings 17:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

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:

3 “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.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Kings 22:25

Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”

Psalms 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.

Psalms 83:3

With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,

Jeremiah 36:19

Then the officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must hide yourselves and tell no one where you are.”

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.

John 8:59

At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.

Acts 17:14

The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.

Hebrews 11:38

The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

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.

Revelation 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.

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