Jonadab

Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

So Jonadab said to the king, “Look, the sons of the king have arrived! It is just as your servant said.”

But we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done exactly as our forefather Jonadab commanded us.

Yes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out the command their forefather gave them, but these people have not listened to Me.

“We do not drink wine,” they replied, “for our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us, ‘Neither you nor your descendants are ever to drink wine.