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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Rechab (Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy)
His son Jehonadab laid down a rule his descendants kept for generations: no wine, no permanent houses. Jeremiah held the Rechabites up as a rebuke to Judah.
First, in plain English
His son Jehonadab laid down a rule his descendants kept for generations: no wine, no permanent houses. Jeremiah held the Rechabites up as a rebuke to Judah.
Who this is
Rechab was the father of Jehonadab, whose descendants, the Rechabites, kept a strict vow of nomadic simplicity for generations, refusing wine and permanent houses, and Jeremiah held their disciplined faithfulness up as a rebuke to Judah's own broken promises to God.
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
H7394
Where it appears
- 2 Kings 10:15
- 2 Kings 10:23
- 1 Chronicles 2:55
- Jeremiah 35:6
- Jeremiah 35:8
- Jeremiah 35:14
- Jeremiah 35:16
- Jeremiah 35:19
