Bible verse
So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
1 Kings 17:5 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Kings 17.
1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
2 Then a revelation from the LORD came to Elijah:
3 “Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
4 And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
5 So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
6 The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.
7 Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
8 Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah:
9 “Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
KJV
So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that [is] before Jordan.
ASV
So he went and did according unto the word of Jehovah; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
ERV
So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
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