Cherith

A cutting; separation; a gorge, a torrent-bed or winter-stream, a “brook,” in whose banks the prophet Elijah hid himself during the early part of the three years’ drought (1 Kings 17:3, 5). It has by some been identified as the Wady el-Kelt behind Jericho, which is formed by the junction of many streams flowing from the mountains west of Jericho. It is dry in summer. Travellers have described it as one of the wildest ravines of this wild region, and peculiarly fitted to afford a secure asylum to the persecuted. But if the prophet’s interview with Ahab was in Samaria, and he thence journeyed toward the east, it is probable that he crossed Jordan and found refuge in some of the ravines of Gilead. The “brook” is said to have been “before Jordan,” which probably means that it opened toward that river, into which it flowed. This description would apply to the east as well as to the west of Jordan. Thus Elijah’s hiding-place may have been the Jermuk, in the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Recorded scripture occurrences (2)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: KI1 17:3

OET-RV KI1 17:3

3 “Get away from here and travel eastward towards the Kerit stream that enters the Yarden (Jordan) river to hide.

OET-LV KI1 17:3

3 Go from_here and_you _will _turn (for)_yourself eastward_to and_you _will _hide _yourself at_the _wadi _of Kerith which is_on the _face _of the _Yardēn/(Jordan).

Show passage in OET: KI1 17:5

OET-RV KI1 17:5

5 So he did what Yahweh told him, and went and lived by the Kerit stream near the Yarden.

OET-LV KI1 17:5

5 And_he/it _went and_he/it _made according_to _the _message _of YHWH and_he/it _went and_he/it _sat _down//remained//lived at_the _wadi _of Kerith which is_on the _face _of the _Yardēn.

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