1 Kings 17:3 (WEB)
“Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
Fathers and councils · 3
Ambrose of Milan
“Elijah himself too, that the word spoken by his mouth might be confirmed, was sent by the Lord to hide himself by the brook Cherith.” — editor's note: 1 [3] Kings xvii. 3.
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Tertullian
“When the ravens had been wont to satisfy him with “bread and flesh,” why was it that afterwards, at Beersheba of Judea, that certain angel, after rousing him from sleep, offered him, beyond doubt, bread alone, and water?” — editor's note: See 1 Kings xvii. (in LXX. 3 Kings xvii.) 1–6.
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Aphrahat
“…him; and because he took upon him the likeness of the angels of heaven, those very angels brought him bread and water when he was fleeing from before Jezebel.” — editor's note: 1 Kings xvii. 3–5; xix. 1–8.
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