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Jeremiah 35:4
and I brought them into the house of the LORD, to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was near the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah has just brought the Rechabite family into the temple precincts and places them in a specific chamber to prepare for a test of their ancestral vows. He positions them away from the main sanctuary but within the official administrative quarters.
The words — The Hebrew לִשְׁכַּת (lishkat) denotes a designated room or chamber within the temple complex. The phrase אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים immediately follows Igdaliah in the syntax, identifying the patriarch himself as a man of God rather than his son Hanan.
The thread — Temple architecture and official chambers appear in 2 Kings 12:9 and 2 Chronicles 8:14, where sacred spaces are organized for priestly and administrative duties. The designation "man of God" for a patriarchal figure also surfaces in Deuteronomy 33:1.
Why it lands — The verse establishes a controlled environment where obedience to tradition can be measured against immediate temptation. It requires the reader to recognize how physical placement and historical precedent frame spiritual testing.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 33:1 This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.
- 2 Kings 12:9 Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 8:14 In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.
- Joshua 14:6 Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.
- 1 Kings 12:22 But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:
- 2 Kings 1:9 Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”
- 2 Kings 1:11 So the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down at once!’”
- 2 Kings 25:18 The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
- 1 Chronicles 9:18 he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.
- 1 Samuel 2:27 Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house?