1 Re 17:3

3 Partiti di qui, e volgiti verso l’Oriente, e nasconditi presso al torrente Cherit, ch’è dirincontro al Giordano.

1 Re 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 Re 17:3 In-Context

1 ALLORA Elia Tisbita, ch’era di quelli della nuova popolazione di Galaad, disse ad Achab: Come il Signore Iddio d’Israele, al quale io ministro, vive, non vi sarà nè rugiada, nè pioggia, questi anni, se non alla mia parola.

2 Poi la parola del Signore gli fu indirizzata, dicendo:

3 Partiti di qui, e volgiti verso l’Oriente, e nasconditi presso al torrente Cherit, ch’è dirincontro al Giordano.

4 E tu berrai del torrente, ed io ho comandato a’ corvi che ti nudriscano quivi.

5 Egli adunque se ne andò, e fece secondo la parola del Signore, e andò, e dimorò presso al torrente Cherit, ch’è dirincontro al Giordano.