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1 Kings 17:5

1 Kings 17:5 is verse 5 of 1 Kings chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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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King James Version

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.

World English Bible

So he went and did according to Yahweh’s word, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan.

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1 Kings 17:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

6 The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.

7 Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

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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 19:9

There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

John 15:14

You are My friends if you do what I command you.

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