John Gill Commentary 1 Kings 17:3

"Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan." — 1 Kings 17:3 (ASV)

Get you hence, and turn you eastward
From the place where he was, being in danger from Ahab and Jezebel, provoked by his reproofs, threatenings, and prophecies:

and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan ;
in some wood or cave near it, or among the reeds and rushes that grew on the banks of it; and Bochart ^F15 takes it to be the same with the river Kanah, on the borders of Ephraim, which has its name from reeds, (Joshua 16:8) (17:9) , and Cherith by anticipation, from the prophet's being fed there;

and Adrichomius ^F16 places this brook in the tribe of Ephraim; though Fuller ^F17 in the half tribe of Manasseh, beyond Jordan; but Bunting says ^F18 it runs from Mount Ephraim between Bethel and Jericho, eight miles from Jerusalem towards the north, and so, passing along towards the east, falls into Jordan.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F15: Hierozoic. par. 2. l. 2. c. 13. col. 216.
• F16: Theatrum Terrae Sanct. p. 26.
• F17: Pisgah-Sight B. 2. c. 3. p. 97.
• F18: Travels p. 205.