Jeremiah 35:1
in Jeremiah 35This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The word which came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
KJV
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
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This verse in Jeremiah 35
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe word which came - in the days of Jehoiakim - What strange confusion in the placing of these chapters! Who could have expected to hear of Jehoiakim again, whom we have long ago buried; and we have now arrived in the history at the very last year of the last Jewish king. This discourse was probably delivered in the fourth or fifth year of Jehoiakim’s reign.
This site's exposition
This is the word that came
on Jeremiah 35:1-5
Jeremiah brings “the entire house of the Rechabites” into a chamber and sets “pitchers full of wine and some cups” before them. The date, “in the days of Jehoiakim,” places the scene earlier than the Zedekiah oracles around it. The scene prepares a contrast between the clan's obedience and Judah's.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The word - This is another evidence that the prophecies of this book are not left us in that order wherein they were delivered; for those which we had in the two or three foregoing chapters being in the time of Zedekiah, must needs be ten or eleven years after this.
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord,.... Not as following the former prophecies; for they must be delivered seventeen years after this. The prophecies of Jeremiah are not put together in their proper time in which they were delivered.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
to the house of the Rechabites The sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab, and they were of the sons of Jethro.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַדָּבָ֛ר | hadavar | the word | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הָיָ֥ה | hayah | it came | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| אֶֽל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ | yirmeyahu | Jeremiah | H3414 → | 147 times |
| מֵאֵ֣ת | meet | from with | H854 → | 929 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בִּימֵ֨י | bimei | in [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| יְהוֹיָקִ֧ים | yehoyakim | Jehoiakim | H3079 → | 37 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יֹאשִׁיָּ֛הוּ | yoshiyahu | Josiah | H2977 → | 53 times |
| מֶ֥לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָ֖ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
הַדָּבָ֛רthe word
hadavarH1697 →1440 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הָיָ֥הit came
hayahH1961 →3559 times
אֶֽל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יִרְמְיָ֖הוּJeremiah
yirmeyahuH3414 →147 times
מֵאֵ֣תfrom with
meetH854 →929 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בִּימֵ֨יin [the] days of
bimeiH3117 →2304 times
יְהוֹיָקִ֧יםJehoiakim
yehoyakimH3079 →37 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
יֹאשִׁיָּ֛הוּJosiah
yoshiyahuH2977 →53 times
מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יְהוּדָ֖הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 25:1This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 36:1
In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 24:1–2
During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
- Jeremiah 36:1
Through
Jeremiah 26:1At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 36:4–5
Then Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.
- 2 Chronicles 36:4–5
Through
Jeremiah 36:29You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 26:9
How dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the…
- Isaiah 30:10
They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
- Jeremiah 26:9
Through
Jeremiah 1:3and through the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 39:2
And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.
- 2 Kings 23:34
Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he…
- 2 Chronicles 36:5–8
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
- Jeremiah 39:2
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah

Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PersonLate monarchy / ExileJeremiahPriest of Anathoth called before birth to uproot and to plant; the weeping prophet of Jerusalem's fall who bought a field in the s…
- PersonLate monarchyJosiahThe boy-king who found the book of the law in the temple, tore his clothes, and led Judah's last great reformation and Passover be…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
