Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

2 Kings 10:15

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 121, footnote 7 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 1781 (In-Text, Margin)

... of Jordan. The sons of Rechab too are of the number who drank neither wine nor strong drink and who abode in tents; men whom God’s voice praises through Jeremiah, and to whom a promise is made that there shall never be wanting a man of their stock to stand before God. This is probably what is meant by the title of the seventy-first psalm: “of the sons of Jonadab and of those who were first led into captivity.” The person intended is Jonadab the son of Rechab who is described in the book of Kings[2 Kings 10:15-16] as having gone up into the chariot of Jehu. His sons having always lived in tents until at last (owing to the inroads made by the Chaldean army) they were forced to come into Jerusalem, are described as being the first to undergo captivity; because ...