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Jeremiah 35:3

in Jeremiah 35

So I took Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons—the entire house of the Rechabites—

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;

KJV

Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;

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This verse in Jeremiah 35

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah,.... Who was, no doubt, the most famous and leading man in this family: and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; the several branches of the family, especially the males; the women perhaps only excepted; whom it might not be so decent to gather together on such an occasion, to drink wine; or at least offer it to them.

This site's exposition

in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah

on Jeremiah 35:1-5

The scene is staged rather than accidental: Jeremiah brings the whole Rechabite clan into a chamber of the Lord's house and sets full cups before them, an experiment conducted in public to make a point Judah could see with its own eyes. The chapter's date, the days of Jehoiakim, places the episode earlier than the Zedekiah oracles that surround it in the book, a reminder the commentators give that Jeremiah is arranged by theme more than by strict order. The stage is set for a contrast Jeremiah did not need to explain, obedience offered wine it will refuse against a nation offered wine it will not refuse and everything else besides.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

The whole house of the Rechabites - That is, the family - the chiefs of which are here specified.
Jaazaniah was the chief of that portion of the tribe which had taken refuge in Jerusalem.

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.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Jeremiah 35:2:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

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

16 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וָאֶקַּ֞חand I took

    vaekachH3947 →966 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • יַאֲזַנְיָ֤הJaazaniah

    yaazanyahH2970 →

  • בֶֽן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙Jeremiah

    yirmeyahuH3414 →147 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • חֲבַצִּנְיָ֔הHabazziniah

    chavatzinyahH2262 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • אֶחָ֖יוbrothers his

    ʾechavH251 →630 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • בָּנָ֑יוchildren his

    banavH1121 →4930 times

  • וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • בֵּ֥ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • הָרֵכָבִֽים׃the Rechabites

    harekhavimH7397 →5 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Prophet Jeremiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 35 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.

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