So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that [is] before Jordan.
Ver. 5. For he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith.] In some cave, likely: as 1 Kings 19:9, where Joh. Hierosolymitanus saith he was taught of God a form of solitary living, and had various good people directed to him by the angels: whom he taught and confirmed. But whether this were so or not, Elijah could not be alone, so long as he had God and himself to converse with. A good man is never less alone, than when alone.