In early sixth-century (B.C.E.) Judah,
the prophet Jeremiah singled out
the House of the Rechabites for
their loyalty to their ancestor
Jehonadab son of Rechab
[ Book of Prophet JEREMIAH,
chapter 35 ].
The group's ascetic lifestyle -
they did not cultivate the land,
nor plant vineyards, did not
drink wine, nor did they
build houses - represented an
extreme rejection of all aspects
of the civilization of the land of
Canaan. Thus in II Kings 9:23
the joining of Jehonadab with
Jehu to root out the cult of Baal
would seem to have been a natural
linking of interests --
comment in II Kings (Anchor Bible
Commentary, volume 11 : page 114 bottom)
by Mordechai Cogan, Doubleday Press
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