JEREMIAH'S NINETEENTH PROPHECY (REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM). THE OBEDIENCE OF THE RECHABITES This and Jeremiah 36 form a break in the narrative, bringing us back from the tenth year of Zedekiah to the insecurity which followed upon Nebuchadnezzars victory of Carchemish (fourth year of Jehoiakim), when pred... [ Continue Reading ]
The Rechabites were descended from Hobab, brother-in-law of Moses, of the Kenite tribe. They migrated with the Israelites from the wilderness to Palestine: cp. Numbers 10:29; Judges 1:16.;... [ Continue Reading ]
POTS] RV 'bowls.'... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMANDED US, etc.] perhaps owing to the excess which he saw to be fostered by city life. For JONADAB see 2 Kings 10:15. 12-17. Application of the lesson to the Jews. 18, 19. The Rechabites'reward.... [ Continue Reading ]