Nave’s Topical Bible
Rechabites
4 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- A family of Kenites descended from Rechab, through Jonadab
- Enjoined by Jonadab to drink no wine
- Adhere to the injunction of abstinence; perpetuation of the Family promised as a reward
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Bible verses about “Rechabites”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- 1 Chronicles 2:55And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
- Jeremiah 35:6But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever: