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Cherith

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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CHERITH . The ‘brook’ by which Elijah lived ( 1 Kings 17:3; 1 Kings 17:5 ) was ‘before,’ i.e. on the E. of Jordan. The popular identification of Cherith with the Wady Kelt between Jerusalem and Jericho is unwarranted.

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Cherith'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​c/cherith.html. 1909.
 
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