1 Kings 17:5
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.
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Gill's Exposition
So he went, and did according to the word of the Lord,.... Took his journey eastward, and hid himself in the place directed to:
for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan; see…
The history of Elijah begins somewhat abruptly. Usually, when a prophet enters, we have some account of his parentage, are told whose son he was and of what tribe; but Elijah drops (so to speak) out…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
he went and dwelt The first of these verbs, and, of course, the conjunction, is omitted by the LXX.
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