Editing Chorath (section)

==Identification==
===Wadi al-Yabis===
It is usually identified with Wadi al-Yabis, a stream in western [[Jordan]], which flows into the [[Jordan River]] at a spot opposite of [[Beit She'an]] and slightly south of it.<ref>{{cite book |last=Armstrong |first=George |year=1895 |title=Names and places in the Old and New Testament and apocrypha: With their modern identifications }}</ref> Travellers have described it as one of the wildest ravines of the [[Fertile Crescent]], and peculiarly fitted to afford a secure asylum to the persecuted. During the summer, the stream is very dry.<ref>{{cite book |last=Easton |first=Matthew George |year=1897 |title=The Bible Dictionary: Your Biblical Reference Book |publisher=Thomas Nelson |isbn=9780933186590 |url=https://archive.org/details/eastonsbibledict00east |edition=1st }}</ref> [[Olive tree]]s grow on its banks, and it is home to an array of wildlife including [[gazelle]], [[hyrax]], and [[egret]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Peraea and the Dead Sea |url= http://www.jordanbeauty.com/WadiAl-Yabis.html |publisher=Jordan Beauty |accessdate=19 August 2012}}</ref>

According to the 1994 [[Israel–Jordan Treaty of Peace|Peace treaty between Israel and Jordan]], [[Israel]] can maintain its use of the Jordan River waters between the [[Yarmouk River|Yarmouk]] and Wadi al-Yabis.<ref>[[Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs]], [http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/Peace/Guide/Pages/Israel-Jordan%20Peace%20Treaty%20Annex%20II.aspx Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty Annex II], Article 2.3, accessed 30 October 2017</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Shapland |first=Greg |title=Rivers of Discord: International Water Disputes in the Middle East |edition=1st |year=1997 }}</ref>

===Wadi Kelt===
Some identify the stream Chorath with [[Wadi Qelt]] at the [[Monastery of Saint George of Choziba]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Life Of John The Elder And The Cave Of Sapsas |url=http://saintlukecolumbia.org/orthodoxy-articles/2011/3/28/the-life-of-john-the-elder-and-the-cave-of-sapsas.html |publisher=St. Luke the Evangelist Greek Orthodox Church |accessdate=9 July 2016 |archive-date=26 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226193405/http://saintlukecolumbia.org/orthodoxy-articles/2011/3/28/the-life-of-john-the-elder-and-the-cave-of-sapsas.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> If 1 Kings 17:3 is to be translated "Wadi Chorath, which is '''east''' of the Jordan", this identification would be in contradiction to the Bible, since Wadi Qelt is west of it. The [[King James version]] states [[Elijah]] should "turn eastward" (from [[Samaria (ancient city)|Samaria]]); therefore, the brook could be anywhere east of Samaria (now [[Sebastia, Nablus|Sebastia]], [[West Bank]]), on either side of the River Jordan.<ref>King James Bible; 1 Kings 17:3</ref> Some translations (i.e. the Orthodox Jewish Bible: [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+17%3A3&version=OJB]) allow such an interpretation, by stating that Chorath is merely "near the Yarden" (Yarden being the Hebrew name of the River Jordan).

===Wadi Fusail===
Conder and Kitchener noted, while writing of [[Qaryut]], that "[t]his place, being at the head of ''Wady Fusail'', seems to have given rise to the mediaeval identification of that valley as the ''Brook Cherith'' (mentioned by [[Marino Sanuto the Elder|Marino Sanuto]] in 1321)."<ref name=SWP288>{{cite book|last1=Conder|first1=C.R.|author-link1=Claude Reignier Conder|last2=Kitchener|first2=H.H.|author-link2=Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology|page=288|publisher=[[Palestine Exploration Fund|Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund]]|volume=2|year=1882|location=London|url=https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/288/mode/1up|access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref> Sanuto commented that the stream extended into [[Phasaelis]], which was named after Prince [[Phasael]], the brother of King [[Herod the Great|Herod]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Armstrong |first=George |year=1895 |title=Names and places in the old and new testament and apocrypha: With their modern identifications }}</ref> This identification would again contradict the more common translation of 1 Kings 17:3 (see comment above at "Wadi Kelt"), since Wadi Fusail with both modern Qaryut and ancient Phasaelis lie west, not east of the Jordan.