Jeremiah 35:2

Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.

Rechabites - a nomadic tribe belonging to the Kenites of Hemath (), of the family of Jethro, or Hobab, Moses' father-in-law (, etc.; ; ). They came into Canaan with the Israelites, but, in order to preserve their independence, chose a life in tents without a fixed habitation (). Besides the branch of them associated with Judah, and extending to Amalek, there was another section at Kedesh, in Naphtali (; ). They seem to have been proselytes of the gate, Jonadab, son of Rechab, whose charge not to drink wine they so strictly obeyed, was zealous for God, and was associated by Jehu with him in the slaughter of the worshippers of Baal (). The Nabatheans of Arabia observed the same rules (Diodolus Siculus, 19: 94).

Bring them into the house of the Lord - because there were suitable witnesses at hand there from among the priests and chief men, as also because he had the power immediately to address the people assembled there (). It may have been also as a reproof of the priests who drank wine freely, though commanded to refrain from it when in the discharge of their duties (Calvin).

Chambers - which were round about the temple, applied to various uses-e.g., to contain the vestments, sacred vessels, etc.