Jeremiah 35:1-3

Contemporary English Version

Learn a Lesson from the Rechabites

35 ^(A) When Jehoiakim^[a] was king of Judah, the Lord told me, ²“Go to the Rechabite clan and invite them to meet you in one of the side rooms^[b] of the temple. When they arrive, offer them a drink of wine.”

³So I went to Jaazaniah,^[c] the leader of the clan, and I invited him and all the men of his clan.

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Footnotes

35.1 Jehoiakim: See the note at 1.3.
35.2 side rooms: Probably a room with walls on three sides, and open to the courtyard on the fourth side.
35.3 Jaazaniah: The Hebrew text has “Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah son of Habazziniah”; this is a different Jeremiah than the author of the book.