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Jeremiah 35:2
“Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them to one of the chambers of the house of the LORD to offer them a drink of wine.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD commands Jeremiah during the reign of Jehoiakim to go to the Rechabites and bring them into a chamber of the house of the LORD to offer wine.
The words — The Hebrew imperative הָלוֹךְ (ha.loKh) means “go,” paired with וַ/הֲבִֽאוֹתָ/ם (va./ha.vi.'o.Ta/m), “and you will bring them,” directing Jeremiah’s physical movement to a specific location.
The thread — The command to bring people into a chamber of the house of the LORD parallels Levitical guardianship of temple rooms and treasuries (1 Chronicles 9:26) and Solomon’s architectural design of chambered structures around the sanctuary (1 Kings 6:5).
Why it lands — The text requires Jeremiah to obey a direct command to relocate a specific group into a sacred space for a test, demanding immediate compliance before any theological conclusion is drawn.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 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.
- 1 Chronicles 9:26 But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.
- 1 Kings 6:5 Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.
- 1 Kings 6:10 He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.
- 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,
- 1 Chronicles 9:33 Those who were musicians, the heads of Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other duties because they were on duty day and night.
- 1 Chronicles 23:28 but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,
- 2 Chronicles 3:9 The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.
- 2 Chronicles 31:11 Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare storerooms in the house of the LORD, and they did so.
- Ezra 8:29 Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests, Levites, and heads of the Israelite families.”