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Rechab

Mentioned in 606 BC traditional (Jones)

The father of Jehonadab, who was the father of the Rechabites (2 Kings 10:15, 23; Jer. 35:6-19).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Child
Jonadab
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7 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 631–581 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 2 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

7 tagged verses in 2 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. 2 Kings2
  2. Jeremiah5

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBRechab 14
KJVRechab 13
ASVRechab 13

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Every verse

All 7 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

2 Kings2 verses
  1. 10:15

    When he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab, who was coming to meet him. Jehu greeted him and asked, “Is your heart as true to mine as my heart is to yours?” “It is!” Jehonadab replied. “If it is,” said Jehu, “give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand, and Jehu helped him into his chariot,

  2. 10:23

    Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”

Jeremiah5 verses
  1. 35:6

    “We do not drink wine,” they replied, “for our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us, ‘Neither you nor your descendants are ever to drink wine.

  2. 35:8

    And we have obeyed the voice of our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab in all he commanded us. So we have not drunk wine all our lives—neither we nor our wives nor our sons and daughters.

  3. 35:14

    The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you have not obeyed Me!

  4. 35:16

    Yes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out the command their forefather gave them, but these people have not listened to Me.

  5. 35:19

    this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’”

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

The father of Jehonadab, who was the father of the Rechabites (2 Kings 10:15, 23; Jer. 35:6-19).