1 Reis 17:3

3 “Saia daqui, vá para o leste e esconda-se perto do riacho de Querite, a leste do Jordão.

1 Reis 17:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 17:3

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward
From the place where he was, being in danger from Ahab and Jezebel, provoked by his reproofs, threatenings, and prophecies:

and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan;
in some wood or cave near it, or among the reeds and rushes that grew on the banks of it; and Bochart ^F15 takes it to be the same with the river Kanah, on the borders of Ephraim, which has its name from reeds, ( Joshua 16:8 ) ( 17:9 ) , and Cherith by anticipation, from the prophet's being fed there; and Adrichomius ^F16 places this brook in the tribe of Ephraim; though Fuller ^F17 in the half tribe of Manasseh, beyond Jordan; but Bunting says ^F18 it runs from Mount Ephraim between Bethel and Jericho, eight miles from Jerusalem towards the north, and so, passing along towards the east, falls into Jordan.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Hierozoic. par. 2. l. 2. c. 13. col. 216.
F16 Theatrum Terrae Sanct. p. 26.
F17 Pisgah-Sight B. 2. c. 3. p. 97.
F18 Travels p. 205.

1 Reis 17:3 In-Context

1 Ora, Elias, de Tisbe, em Gileade, disse a Acabe: “Juro pelo nome do SENHOR, o Deus de Israel, a quem sirvo, que não cairá orvalho nem chuva nos anos seguintes, exceto mediante a minha palavra”.

2 Depois disso a palavra do SENHOR veio a Elias:

3 “Saia daqui, vá para o leste e esconda-se perto do riacho de Querite, a leste do Jordão.

4 Você beberá do riacho, e dei ordens aos corvos para o alimentarem lá”.

5 E ele fez o que o SENHOR lhe tinha dito. Foi para o riacho de Querite, a leste do Jordão, e ficou lá.