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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

5 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

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.

This site's exposition

Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah

This Jeremiah is a different man from the prophet. Barnes takes Jaazaniah as chief of the Rechabites who had fled into Jerusalem. John Gill suggests the gathering was of the men of the clan, which fits the men of the house named in verse 5.

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.

Where this verse is studied

On this page

Studies1

About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. 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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