Bible Strands
2 Kings 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,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jehu, having just commanded the execution of forty-two men at Beth-eked, encounters Jehonadab son of Rechab while departing. Jehu initiates the exchange by asking for proof of loyalty, then physically lifts Jehonadab into his chariot.
The words — וַ/יִּמְצָ֣א (va/i.yim.Tza') = and he found; לִ/קְרָאת֜/וֹ (li/k.ra.T/o) = to meet him. These terms record the precise moment Jehu intercepts a traveling ally and secures immediate physical proximity.
The thread — Jeremiah 35:14 documents the Rechabites’ later obedience to Jonadab’s command to abstain from wine. 1 Chronicles 2:55 traces the Kenite clans back to Jonadab’s lineage.
Why it lands — The text records a political handshake and chariot invitation that formalizes a military alliance. It requires the reader to observe how covenant loyalty is demonstrated through immediate, tangible action rather than abstract agreement.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 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!
- 1 Chronicles 2:55 and the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
- Ezra 10:19 They pledged to send their wives away, and for their guilt they presented a ram from the flock as a guilt offering.
- Ezekiel 17:18 He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will not escape!’
- 1 Chronicles 12:17 And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”
- Galatians 4:12 I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.
- Genesis 31:55 Early the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.
- Genesis 47:7 Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
- Genesis 47:10 Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from his presence.
- 2 Kings 9:21 “Harness!” Joram shouted, and they harnessed his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu on the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.