Ravens feed Elijah by the brook Cherith, from Die Bibel in Bildern
Cherith, Kerith (Hebrew: נַחַל כְּרִיתNaḥal Kərīṯ), or sometimes Chorath (/ˈkɔːrɑːθ/; from the Septuagint's Greek: Χειμάῤῥους Χοῤῥάθcheimárrhous Chorrháth), is the name of a wadi, or intermittent seasonal stream[1] mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] The prophet Elijah hid himself on the banks of the Cherith and was fed by ravens during the early part of the three years' drought which he announced to King Ahab (1 Kings 17:3).
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