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Rekab's descendants

35 The Lord spoke to Jeremiah when Josiah's son Jehoiakim ruled Judah as king. He said, ‘Go to the place where Rekab's descendants live. Ask them to come to the Lord's temple. Take them into one of the temple's small rooms. Give to them some wine to drink.’

So I went to meet with Rekab's descendants. They were Jaazaniah, son of Jeremiah and grandson of Habazziniah.[a] I also met with Jaazaniah's brothers and all his sons. Those were all the descendants of Rekab.

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Footnotes

  1. 35:3 This was a different man who was called Jeremiah. He was not the prophet Jeremiah.