English Standard Version
Jeremiah 35:2
2"Go to the house of the Rechabites and speak with them and bring them to the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers; then offer them wine to drink."
Jeremiah 35:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
- New International Version (NIV)“Go to the Rekabite family and invite them to come to one of the side rooms of the house of the Lord and give them wine to drink.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Go to the settlement where the families of the Recabites live, and invite them to the Lord’s Temple. Take them into one of the inner rooms, and offer them some wine.”
Context of Jeremiah 35:2
1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: "Go to the house of the Rechabites and speak with them and bring them to the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers; then offer them wine to drink." 3So I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, son of Habazziniah and his brothers and all his sons and the whole house of the Rechabites. 4I brought them to the house of the Lord into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was near the chamber of the officials, above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, keeper of the threshold.
Read all of Jeremiah 35Jeremiah 35:2 word by word
הָלוֹךְ֮ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית הָרֵכָבִים֒ וְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ אוֹתָ֔ם וַהֲבִֽאוֹתָם֙ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־אַחַ֖ת הַלְּשָׁכ֑וֹת וְהִשְׁקִיתָ֥ אוֹתָ֖ם יָֽיִן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
- unto the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
- of the Rechabitesרֵכָבִיrêkâh · RechabiteH7397
- and speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- unto them, and bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
- them into the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
- of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- into oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- of the chambersלִשְׁכָּהlishkâh · chamberH3957
- and give them wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
- to drinkשָׁקָהshâqâh · to water: drinkH8248
Cross-references for Jeremiah 35:2
- Jeremiah 35:8We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, ourselves, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,
- 2 Kings 10:15And when he departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him. And he greeted him and said to him, "Is your heart true to my heart as mine is to yours?" And Jehonadab answered, "It is." Jehu said, "If it is, give me your hand." So he gave him his hand. And Jehu took him up with him into the chariot.
- 1 Chronicles 2:55The clans also of the scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
- Jeremiah 35:4I brought them to the house of the Lord into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was near the chamber of the officials, above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, keeper of the threshold.
- 1 Kings 6:5He also built a structure against the wall of the house, running around the walls of the house, both the nave and the inner sanctuary. And he made side chambers all around.
- 1 Chronicles 9:26for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted to be over the chambers and the treasures of the house of God.
- 1 Chronicles 23:28For their duty was to assist the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, having the care of the courts and the chambers, the cleansing of all that is holy, and any work for the service of the house of God.
- 2 Chronicles 3:9The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
- 2 Chronicles 31:11Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord, and they prepared them.
- Ezra 8:29Guard them and keep them until you weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites and the heads of fathers' houses in Israel at Jerusalem, within the chambers of the house of the Lord."
- Nehemiah 13:5prepared for Tobiah a large chamber where they had previously put the grain offering, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.
- Ezekiel 40:7And the side rooms, one reed long and one reed broad; and the space between the side rooms, five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the vestibule of the gate at the inner end, one reed.
- Ezekiel 41:5Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits thick, and the breadth of the side chambers, four cubits, all around the temple.
- Ezekiel 42:4And before the chambers was a passage inward, ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long, and their doors were on the north.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 35:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The house of the Rechabites - The Rechabites were not descendants of Jacob; they were Kenites, 1 Chronicles 2:55, a people originally settled in that part of Arabia Petroea, called the land of Midian; and most probably the descendants of Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses. Compare Numbers 10:29-32, with Judges 1:16; Judges 4:11. Those mentioned here seem to have been a tribe of Nomades or Scenite Arabs, who fed their flocks in the deserts of Judea; they…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The house - The family. The Rechabites - The Rechabites were a nomadic tribe not of Jewish but of Kenite race, and connected with the Amalekites Numbers 24:21; 1 Samuel 15:6, from whom however they had separated themselves, and made a close alliance with the tribe of Judah Judges 1:16, on whose southern borders they took up their dwelling 1 Samuel 27:10. While, however, the main body of the Kenites gradually adopted settled habits, and dwelt in cities 1…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The Recabites were descendants of Jehonadab, son of Recab, a Kenite who served under Jehu, king of Israel (2 Kings 10:15, 23; 1 Chronicles 2:55). Jeremiah likely knew the Recabites did not drink wine, but he followed the Lord's command.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-19By the obedience of the Rechabites to their father, Jeremiah condemns the disobedience of the Jews to God their Father. The Holy Spirit has arranged Jeremiah's prophecies by the moral rather than the chronological connection. From the history of an event fifteen years before, the Jews, who had brought back their manumitted servants into bondage, are taught how much God loves and rewards obedience, and hates and punishes disobedience. 2. Rechabites--a…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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