1 Kings 17 · Verse 3

1 Kings 17:3

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
1 Kings 17:3, King James Version

1 Kings 17:3 in other translations

BSB“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
WEB“Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
ASVGet thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
YLT‘Go from this place; and thou hast turned for thee eastward, and been hidden by the brook Cherith, that is on the front of the Jordan,
DARBYGet thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the torrent Cherith, which is before the Jordan.
BBEGo from here in the direction of the east, and keep yourself in a secret place by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.
WebsterDepart hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

What does 1 Kings 17:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 17:2-3

2-3. the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, &c.--At first the king may have spurned the prediction as the utterance of a vain enthusiast; but when he found the drought did last and increase in severity, he sought Elijah, who, as it was necessary that he should be far removed from either the violence or the importunities of the king, was divinely directed to repair to a…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Hide thyself by the brook Cherith - This brook, and the valley through which it ran, are supposed to have been on the western side of Jordan, and not far from Samaria. Others suppose it to have been on the eastern side, because the prophet is commanded to go eastward, 1Kgs 17:3. It was necessary, after such a declaration to this wicked and idolatrous king, that he should immediately hide himself; as, on the first drought, Ahab would undoubtedly seek his life. But what a proof was this of the power of God, and the vanity of idols! As God's prophet prayed, so there was rain or drought; and all the gods of Israel could not reverse it! Was not this sufficient to have converted all Israel?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 17:1-7

God wonderfully suits men to the work he designs them for. The times were fit for an Elijah; an Elijah was fit for them. The Spirit of the Lord knows how to fit men for the occasions. Elijah let Ahab know that God was displeased with the idolaters, and would chastise them by the want of rain, which it was not in the power of the gods they served to bestow. Elijah was commanded to hide himself. If Providence calls us…

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1 Kings 17:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לֵ֣ךְlekhgoH1980
מִזֶּ֔הmi.Zehfrom hereH2088
וּפָנִ֥יתָu.fa.Ni.taand you will turnH6437
לְּךָ֖le.Kha<for> yourself
קֵ֑דְמָהKe.de.maheast -wardH6924
וְנִסְתַּרְתָּ֙ve.nis.tar.Taand you will hide yourselfH5641
בְּנַ֣חַלbe.Na.chalat [the] wadi ofH5158
כְּרִ֔יתke.RitKerithH3747
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834
עַל\־'al-[is] onH5921
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440
הַיַּרְדֵּֽן\׃hai.yar.Denthe JordanH3383

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 17:3

  • Jeremiah 36:26

    But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the Lord hid them.

  • Psalms 31:20

    Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

  • Revelation 12:6

    And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

  • Hebrews 11:38

    (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

  • Psalms 83:3

    They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

  • Revelation 12:14

    And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

  • Jeremiah 36:19

    Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.

  • 1 Kings 22:25

    And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

  • John 8:59

    Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

  • Acts 17:14

    And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
hide thyself.
22:25; Ps 31:20; 83:3; Jer 36:19,26; Joh 8:59; Ac 17:14; Heb 11:38
Re 12:6,14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 17:2

    And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,

  • 1 Kings 17:3

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

  • 1 Kings 17:4

    And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

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1 Kings 17:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Apártate de aquí, y vuélvete al oriente, y escóndete en el arroyo de Cherith, que está delante del Jordán;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Va-t’en d’ici, et tourne-toi vers l’orient, et cache-toi au torrent du Kerith, qui est vers le Jourdain.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Gehe von hinnen und wende dich nach Osten, und verbirg dich am Bache Krith, der vor dem Jordan ist.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Recede hinc, et vade contra orientem, et abscondere in torrente Carith, qui est contra Jordanem,