1 Kings 17:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Go from here in the direction of the east, and keep yourself in a secret place by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 22:25 : 25 And Micaiah said, Truly, you will see on that day when you go into an inner room to keep yourself safe.
  • Ps 31:20 : 20 You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.
  • Ps 83:3 : 3 They have made wise designs against your people, talking together against those whom you keep in a secret place.
  • Jer 36:19 : 19 Then the rulers said to Baruch, Go and put yourself in a safe place, you and Jeremiah, and let no man have knowledge of where you are.
  • Jer 36:26 : 26 And the king gave orders to Jerahmeel, the king's son, and Seraiah, the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah, the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the Lord kept them safe.
  • John 8:59 : 59 So they took up stones to send at him: but Jesus got secretly out of their way and went out of the Temple.
  • Acts 17:14 : 14 So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still.
  • Heb 11:38 : 38 Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.
  • Rev 12:6 : 6 And the woman went in flight to the waste land, where she has a place made ready by God, so that there they may give her food a thousand, two hundred and sixty days.
  • Rev 12:14 : 14 And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle, so that she might go in flight into the waste land, to her place, where she is given food for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the snake.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 17:4-11
    8 verses
    89%

    4 The water of the stream will be your drink, and by my orders the ravens will give you food there.

    5 So he went and did as the Lord said, living by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.

    6 And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink.

    7 Now after a time the stream became dry, because there was no rain in the land.

    8 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

    9 Up! go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and make your living-place there; I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.

    10 So he got up and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the door of the town, he saw a widow woman getting sticks together; and crying out to her he said, Will you give me a little water in a vessel for my drink?

    11 And when she was going to get it, he said to her, And get me with it a small bit of bread.

  • 1 Kgs 17:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1 And Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, By the living Lord, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word.

    2 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 13:17
    72%

    17 For the Lord said to me, You are not to take food or water there, or go back again by the way you came.

  • 1 Kgs 18:11-14
    4 verses
    71%

    11 And now you say, Go, say to your lord, Elijah is here.

    12 And straight away, when I have gone from you, the spirit of the Lord will take you away, I have no idea where, so that when I come and give word to Ahab, and he sees you not, he will put me to death: though I, your servant, have been a worshipper of the Lord from my earliest years.

    13 Has my lord not had word of what I did when Jezebel was putting the Lord's prophets to death? how I kept a hundred of them in a secret hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water?

    14 And now you say, Go and say to your Lord, Elijah is here; and he will put me to death.

  • 1 Kgs 18:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 Now after a long time, the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go and let Ahab see you, so that I may send rain on the earth.

    2 So Elijah went to let Ahab see him. Now there was no food to be had in Samaria.

  • 2 Kgs 3:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16 And he said, The Lord says, I will make this valley full of water-holes.

    17 For the Lord says, Though you see no wind or rain, the valley will be full of water, and you and your armies and your beasts will have drink.

  • 2 Kgs 1:4
    70%

    4 Give ear then to the words of the Lord: You will never again get down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you. Then Elijah went away.

  • 1 Kgs 13:9
    70%

    9 For so I was ordered by the word of the Lord, who said, You are not to take food or a drink of water, and you are not to go back the way you came.

  • 2 Kgs 2:6-8
    3 verses
    70%

    6 Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jordan. But he said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went on together.

    7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went out and took their places facing them a long way off, while the two of them were by the edge of Jordan.

    8 Then Elijah took off his robe, and, rolling it up, gave the water a blow with it, and the waters were parted, flowing back this way and that, so that they went over on dry land.

  • 2 Kgs 2:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13 Then he took up Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and went back till he came to the edge of Jordan.

    14 And he took Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and giving the water a blow with it, said, Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah? and at his blow the waters were parted this way and that; and Elisha went over.

  • 1 Kgs 19:9
    70%

    9 And there he went into a hole in the rock for the night; then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?

  • 1 Kgs 19:3
    69%

    3 And he got up, fearing for his life, and went in flight, and came to Beer-sheba in Judah, parting there from his servant;

  • 1 Kgs 17:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13 And Elijah said to her, Have no fear; go and do as you have said, but first make me a little cake of it and come and give it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.

    14 For this is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: The store of meal will not come to an end, and the bottle will never be without oil, till the day when the Lord sends rain on the earth.

  • 1 Kgs 18:41-42
    2 verses
    69%

    41 Then Elijah said to Ahab, Up! take food and drink, for there is a sound of much rain.

    42 So Ahab went up to have food and drink, while Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he went down on the earth, putting his face between his knees.

  • 1 Kgs 18:35
    69%

    35 And the water went all round the altar, till the drain was full.

  • Jer 13:4-5
    2 verses
    69%

    4 Take the band which you got for a price, which is round your body, and go to Parah and put it in a secret place there in a hole of the rock.

    5 So I went and put it in a secret place by Parah, as the Lord had said to me.

  • 1 Kgs 21:17
    69%

    17 And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 18:46
    69%

    46 And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he made himself strong, and went running before Ahab till they came to Jezreel.

  • 2 Kgs 1:15
    68%

    15 Then the angel of the Lord said to Elijah, Go down with him; have no fear of him. So he got up and went down with him to the king.

  • 2 Chr 20:16
    68%

    16 Go down against them tomorrow: see, they are coming up by the slope of Ziz; at the end of the valley, before the waste land of Jeruel, you will come face to face with them.

  • 1 Kgs 19:13
    68%

    13 And Elijah, hearing it, went out, covering his face with his robe, and took his place in the opening of the hole. And there a voice came to him saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?

  • Ps 114:3
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    3 The sea saw it, and went in flight; Jordan was turned back.

  • 2 Kgs 3:13
    68%

    13 But Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? go to the prophets of your father and your mother. And the king of Israel said, No; for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them up into the hands of Moab.

  • 2 Kgs 2:4
    67%

    4 Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. But he said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went on to Jericho.

  • 1 Kgs 18:44
    67%

    44 And the seventh time he said, I see a cloud coming up out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. Then he said, Go up and say to Ahab, Get your carriage ready and go down or the rain will keep you back.

  • 2 Kgs 2:2
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    2 And Elijah said to Elisha, Come no farther for the Lord has sent me to Beth-el. But Elisha said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went down to Beth-el.

  • 2 Kgs 8:1
    67%

    1 Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had given back to life, Go now, with all the people of your house, and get a living-place for yourselves wherever you are able; for by the word of the Lord, there will be great need of food in the land; and this will go on for seven years.

  • 1 Kgs 21:28
    67%

    28 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 3:11
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    11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no prophet of the Lord here, through whom we may get directions from the Lord? And one of the king of Israel's men said in answer, Elisha, the son of Shaphat, is here, who was servant to Elijah.

  • Matt 3:5
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    5 Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan;

  • Ps 114:5
    67%

    5 What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight? O Jordan, that you were turned back?