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Jeremiah 35:1

During the time when Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah, was king of Judah, the Lord spoke this message to Jeremiah:

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Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Furniture;   Jehonadab;   Jeremiah;   Jonadab;   Rechabites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Jehonadab;   Kenites;   Nations;   Rechab, Rechabites;   Temple;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Rechabites ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jonadab;   Rechabites;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:
Hebrew Names Version
The word which came to Yirmeyahu from the LORD in the days of Yehoiakim the son of Yoshiyahu, king of Yehudah, saying,
King James Version
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
English Standard Version
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
New American Standard Bible
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
New Century Version
When Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah, the Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah, saying:
Amplified Bible
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
World English Bible
The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
The worde which came vnto Ieremiah from the Lorde, in the dayes of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah King of Iudah, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:
Contemporary English Version
When Jehoiakim was king of Judah, the Lord told me,
Complete Jewish Bible
This word came to Yirmeyahu from Adonai during the time of Y'hoyakim the son of Yoshiyahu, king of Y'hudah:
Darby Translation
The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, saying,
George Lamsa Translation
THE word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
Good News Translation
When Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah, the Lord said to me,
Lexham English Bible
The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, saying,
Literal Translation
The Word which was to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The wordes which the LORDE spake vnto Ieremy, (in the reigne of Ioachim the sonne of Iosias kinge of Iuda) are these:
American Standard Version
The word which came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
Bible in Basic English
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying:
King James Version (1611)
The word which came vnto Ieremiah from the Lord, in the daies of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah King of Iudah, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The wordes which the Lorde spake vnto Ieremie, in the raigne of Iehoakim the sonne of Iosias kyng of Iuda, are these:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass in the fourth year of Sedekias king of Juda, in the fifth month, that Ananias the false prophet, the son of Azor, from Gabaon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord, in the sight of the priests and all the people, saying,
English Revised Version
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The word that was maad of the Lord to Jeremye, in the daies of Joachym, sone of Josie,
Update Bible Version
The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
New English Translation
The Lord spoke to Jeremiah when Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah.
New King James Version
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
New Living Translation
This is the message the Lord gave Jeremiah when Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah:
New Life Bible
This is the word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
New Revised Standard
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The word which came unto Jeremiah from Yahweh, - in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord in the days of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, saying:
Revised Standard Version
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoi'akim the son of Josi'ah, king of Judah:
Young's Literal Translation
The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, saying:
THE MESSAGE
The Message that Jeremiah received from God ten years earlier, during the time of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Israel:
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,

Contextual Overview

1 During the time when Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah, was king of Judah, the Lord spoke this message to Jeremiah: 2 "Go to the Recabite family and invite them to come to one of the side rooms of the Lord 's Temple. Offer them wine to drink." 3 So I went to get Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, who was the son of Habazziniah. And I got all of Jaazaniah's brothers and sons and the whole family of the Recabites together. 4 Then I brought them into the Temple of the Lord . We went into the room of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah. Hanan was a man of God. The room was next to the room where the princes of Judah stay. It was over the room of Maaseiah son of Shallum. Maaseiah was the doorkeeper in the Temple. 5 Then I put some bowls full of wine and some cups in front of the Recabite family. And I said to them, "Drink some wine." 6 But the Recabite family answered, "We never drink wine. We never drink it because our ancestor Jonadab son of Recab gave us this command: ‘You and your descendants must never drink wine. 7 Also you must never build houses, plant seeds, or plant vineyards. You must never do any of those things. You must live only in tents. If you do that, you will live a long time in the land where you move from place to place.' 8 So we have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab commanded us. None of us ever drinks wine, and neither do our wives, sons, or daughters. 9 We never build houses to live in, we never own vineyards or fields, and we never plant crops. 10 We have lived in tents and have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab commanded us.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3397, bc 607

The word: This discourse was probably delivered in the fourth year of Jehoiakim's reign, when the king of Babylon made war against him.

in the: Jeremiah 1:3, Jeremiah 22:13-19, Jeremiah 25:1, Jeremiah 26:1, Jeremiah 36:1, Jeremiah 36:9, Jeremiah 36:29, Jeremiah 46:2, 2 Kings 23:35, 2 Kings 24:1-6, 2 Chronicles 36:5-8, Daniel 1:1

Cross-References

Genesis 12:8
Then he left that place and traveled to the mountains east of Bethel. He set up his tent there. Bethel was to the west, and Ai was to the east. Abram built another altar at that place to honor the Lord , and he worshiped the Lord there.
Genesis 16:8
The angel said, "Hagar, Sarai's slave girl, why are you here? Where are you going?" Hagar said, "I am running away from Sarai."
Genesis 22:14
So Abraham gave that place a name, "The Lord Provides." Even today people say, "On the mountain of the Lord , he will give us what we need."
Genesis 31:3
The Lord said to Jacob, "Go back to your own land where your ancestors lived. I will be with you."
Genesis 31:13
I am the God who came to you at Bethel, and there you made an altar, poured olive oil on it, and made a promise to me. Now I want you to be ready to go back to the country where you were born.'"
Genesis 35:3
We will leave here and go to Bethel. There I will build an altar to the God who has always helped me during times of trouble. He has been with me wherever I have gone."
Genesis 35:4
So the people gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had, and they gave him all the rings they were wearing in their ears. He buried everything under an oak tree near the town called Shechem.
Genesis 35:6
So Jacob and his people went to Luz, which is now called Bethel. It is in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 35:7
Jacob built an altar there. He named the place "El Bethel." Jacob chose this name because that is the place where God first appeared to him when he was running from his brother.
Genesis 35:10
and said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but I will change that name. You will no longer be called Jacob. Your new name will be Israel." So God named him Israel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord,.... Not as following the former prophecies; for they must be delivered seventeen years after this. The prophecies of Jeremiah are not put together in their proper time in which they were delivered. The preceding prophecies were delivered in the "tenth" and "eleventh" years of Zedekiah's reign: but this

in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; in what part of his reign is not certain; but it must be after Nebuchadnezzar had invaded the land, Jeremiah 35:11; very probably in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, after he had been the king of Babylon's servant three years, and rebelled against him, 2 Kings 24:1;

saying; as follows:

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXXV

Jeremiah is commanded to go to the Rechabites, who, on the

approach of the Chaldean army, took refuge in Jerusalem; and to

try their obedience to the command of Jonadab, (or Jehonadab,

Jeremiah 35:2; Jeremiah 10:15; Jeremiah 10:16,)

their great progenitor, who lived in the reign of Jehu, king of

Israel, upwards of two hundred and fifty years before this

time, offers them wine to drink, which they refuse, 1-11.

Hence occasion is taken to upbraid the Jews with their

disobedience to God, their heavenly Father, 12-17;

and a blessing is pronounced on the Rechabites, 18, 19.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXXV

Verse Jeremiah 35:1. The word which came - in the days of Jehoiakim — What strange confusion in the placing of these chapters! Who could have expected to hear of Jehoiakim again, whom we have long ago buried; and we have now arrived in the history at the very last year of the last Jewish king.

This discourse was probably delivered in the fourth or fifth year of Jehoiakim's reign.


 
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