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
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Jeremiah 35:1-19
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. Chronology of the Chapter. Seventeen years earlier than the preceding narrative of the manumission of the slaves; about the fourth year of Jehoiakim’s reign. From Jeremiah 35:11 we find that these Rechabites were driven from the desert-scenes they inhabited into Jerusalem for shelter, consequent upon the conquests of Nebuchadnezzar. These conquests began with the victory at Charchemish; and at the end of the same year as that decisive battle against Egypt, he... read more