1 Kings 17:3
Ver. 3. Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward,.... 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 {o} takes it to be the same with the river Kanah, on the borders of Ephraim, which has its name from reeds, Jos 16:8, and Cherith by anticipation, from the prophet's being fed there; and Adrichomius {p} places this brook in the tribe of Ephraim; though Fuller {q} in the half tribe of Manasseh, beyond Jordan; but Bunting says {r} 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.
{o} Hierozoic. par. 2. l. 2. c. 13. col. 216. {p} Theatrum Terrae Sanct. p. 26. {q} Pisgah-Sight, &c. B. 2. c. 3. p. 97. {r} Travels, &c. p. 205.