“Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.”
King James Version (KJV)
17:3 Hide thyself - Thus God rescues him from the fury of Ahab andJezebel, who, he knew, would seek to destroy him. That Ahab did notseize on him immediately upon these words must be ascribed to God'sover - ruling providence.