Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 35:1-19
Jeremiah 35:2 . Go to the house of the Rechabites, then come up to Jerusalem with their flocks for fear of the Chaldean army. This family is often named in the scriptures, as descended from Jethro, priest of Midian. They were descendants of Midian, son of Cush. They are called Kenites by Moses. Numbers 24:0. Judges 1:16. Jonadab was the son of Rechab in a near or remote line, and sheik or prince of his people at the time when Jehu ascended the throne. Abhorring the crimes of the late reign,... read more
Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 35:1-19
Chapter 35The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim ( Jeremiah 35:1 )So we're going back even further now, even before Zedekiah was the king. This prophecy came way back in the time of Jehoiakim.the son of Josiah the king of Judah, saying, Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and set before them wine to drink. Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah,... read more