Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan. And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the (A)ravens to feed you there.”

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Then the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, “Go from this place and turn to the east; you must hide yourself in the Wadi[a] Kerith which faces the Jordan.[b] It shall be that you shall drink from the wadi,[c] and I have commanded the crows to sustain you there.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 17:3 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
  2. 1 Kings 17:3 Literally “on the face of the Jordan”
  3. 1 Kings 17:4 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season