Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 35:2
The house of the Rechabites - The Rechabites were not descendants of Jacob; they were Kenites, 1 Chronicles 2:55 , a people originally settled in that part of Arabia Petroea, called the land of Midian; and most probably the descendants of Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses. Compare Numbers 10:29-32 , with Judges 1:16 ; Judges 4:11 . Those mentioned here seem to have been a tribe of Nomades or Scenite Arabs, who fed their flocks in the deserts of Judea; they preserved the simple... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 35:11
But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land ,.... Into the land of Judea to invade it, which was in the reign of Jehoiakim, in the fourth year of it, after he had served him three years, and rebelled against him; See Gill on Jeremiah 35:1 ; that we said, come, and let us go to Jerusalem ; they said one to another, let us not stay here to be destroyed by a foreign enemy; but let us go to Jerusalem, a fortified city, where we may be safe: for fear of... read more