Rechabites

A family of Kenites descended from Rechab, through Jonadab

• 1 Chronicles 2:55

  And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

• Jeremiah 35:6

  But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:

Enjoined by Jonadab to drink no wine

• Jeremiah 35:6

  But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:

Adhere to the injunction of abstinence; perpetuation of the family promised as a reward

Jeremiah 35