Brook Cherith— This brook, and the valley through which it runs, are both very near the river Jordan; but whether on the east or west side is not so well agreed. Saint Jerome places it beyond Jordan, and so on the east side of it; but others generally agree in placing it on the west side of it; because God, in sending away Elijah, says to him, Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward; where the expression, turn thee eastward, seems to imply that Elijah was on the west side of Jordan. See Wells's Geogr. vol. 3:
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1 Kings 17:3
3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.