Recabites Who are they?

Thankful · May 5, 2003

Jeremiah 35:19
Because of this, Jehonadab son of Recab will always have descendants who serve me. I, the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, have spoken!"

This is the last mention I can find about the decendants of Recab or Recabites.

Who are they?

Deacon · May 6, 2003

Bible trivia time! I flunked! I had to look them up.

RECHABITES — the descendants of Rechab through Jonadab or Jehonadab. No, they're not the dyslexic decendants of Rebecca.

I found this in “The Bible Knowledge Commentary”.

In contrast with faithless Judah the Recabites had consistently obeyed the command of their forefather Jonadab. God promised to reward their faithfulness, and assured them that they would never fail to have a man to serve Him. The phrase ”serve Me“ means literally, ”to stand before Me.“ It was used of those who served the Lord as prophets (1 Kings 17:1 ; Jer. 15:19 ), of officials who served Solomon (1 Kings 10:8 ), and of priests in the temple (Deut. 4:10 ; 10:8 ; 2 Chron. 29:11 ). However, though God might have been offering the Recabites a special place of service to Him in the covenant community, this interpretation is not required. The same phrase also described the people of Israel who stood before the LORD at the tabernacle and the temple ( cf. Lev. 9:5 ; Deut. 4:10 ; Jer. 7:10 ). So God may have promised that the line of the Recabites would always have descendants who would be able to worship the Lord. The promise pointed to a continuing line rather than a specific place of ministry.
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Easton’s Bible Dictionary adds, “Dr. Wolff (1839) found in Arabia, near Mecca, a tribe claiming to be descendants of Jehonadab; and recently a Bedouin tribe has been found near the Dead Sea who also profess to be descendants of the same Kenite chief.”

Hope it helps your study.

Rob

USN2Pulpit · May 7, 2003

Ah-ha! Lifeway Family Bible Series, last Sunday, May the 4th!

I know, because I taught the lesson, too. It went pretty well!

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