CHERITH. The Brook Cherith is beyond Jordan, and falls into this River below Bethsan. Near this Brook, and in the Valley through which it runs, the Prophet Elijah lay concealed for some time, to avoid the Persecution of Jezabel, and here the Ravens every Morning and 1 Kings xvii. 3, 4,Evening brought him Bread and Meat.
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