8Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: …
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)This chapter is of an earlier date than many of those before; for what is contained in it was said and done in the days of Jehoiakim (Jer. 35:1); but then it must be in the latter part of his reign, for it was after the king of Babylon with his army came up into the land (Jer. 35:11), which seems to refer to the invasion mentioned 2 Kgs. 24:2; which was upon occasion of Jehoiakim’s rebelling again…
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