Bible Strands
1 Kings 17:3
“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God commands Elijah to depart immediately following a revelation, directing him toward a specific eastern location. The instruction precedes the subsequent details regarding the brook and the ravens. The words — לֵ֣ךְ (lekh) translates to "go" and וְ/נִסְתַּרְתָּ֙ (ve./nis.tar.Ta) translates to "and you will hide yourself." These verbs establish the dual command to leave and conceal. The thread — The text connects to 1 Kings 22:25, where a prophet is told to hide in an inner room, and Psalms 31:20, which describes God concealing the faithful in a secret place from human schemes. Why it lands — The passage requires immediate physical relocation to a designated wadi before sustenance is provided. It places the burden of obedience on the prophet before any promise of provision is detailed.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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.
- Acts 17:14 The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.