John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 17:3

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, etc.] 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 f362 takes it to be the same with the river Kanah, on the borders of Ephraim, which has its name from reeds, (<061608>Joshua 16:8 17:9), and Cherith by anticipation, from the prophet’s being fed there; and Adrichomius f363 places this brook in the tribe of Ephraim; though Fuller f364 in the half tribe of Manasseh, beyond Jordan; but Bunting says f365 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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