Cherith in the Bible

Meaning: cutting; piercing; slaying

Exact Match

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the torrent Cherith, which is before the Jordan.

Verse ConceptsDivine DirectionHiding From PeopleBeyond JordanBrooks

And he went and did according to the word of Jehovah; he went and abode by the torrent Cherith, which is before the Jordan.

Verse ConceptsMiracles, Responses ToFrugalityBeyond JordanBrooks

Thematic Bible



"Leave here and go into hiding at the Wadi Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River.

So Elijah left and did exactly what the LORD had told him to do he went to live near the Wadi Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River.


"Leave here and go into hiding at the Wadi Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River. You will be able to drink from that brook, and I've commanded some crows to sustain you there." So Elijah left and did exactly what the LORD had told him to do he went to live near the Wadi Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River. read more.
Crows would bring him bread and meat both in the morning and in the evening, and he would drink from the brook. But after a while, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.


References

Hastings

Easton

American

Fausets

Morish

Smith

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