Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:
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Interpretation
The trial of the Rechabites' constancy was for a sign; it made the disobedience of the Jews to God the more marked. The Rechabites were obedient to one who was but a man like themselves, and Jonadab never did for his seed what God has done for his people.
Glossary
- Jonadab Person
- =Jehon’adab. (1. ) The son of Rechab, and founder of the Rechabites (q. v. ), 2 Kings 10:15 ; Jer. 35:6 , 10. (2. ) The son of Shimeah, David’s brother ( 2 Sam. 13:3 ). He was “a very subtil man. ”.
- Rechab Person
- Horseman, or chariot. (1. ) One of Ishbosheth’s “captains of bands” or leaders of predatory troops ( 2 Sam. 4:2 ). (2. ) The father of Jehonadab, who was the father of the Rechabites ( 2 Kings 10:15 , 23; Jer. 35:6-19 ).