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1 Kings 17:3

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

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  1. 1 Kings 17:1

    And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

  2. 1 Kings 17:2

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

  3. 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.

  4. 1 Kings 17:5

    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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