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Cherith

People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Cherith (kç'rith), gorge, The Brook, a brook or torrent "before Jordan" where the prophet Elijah was hid. 1 Kings 17:5. Robinson and several others identify it with Wady Kelt, a swift, brawling stream, 20 yards wide and three feet deep, running into the Jordan from the west, a little south of Jericho. Some identify it with Wady Fusail, a little farther north, and yet others think it was some stream on the other, or eastern, side of the Jordan.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Cherith'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​c/cherith.html. 1893.
 
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