Recab (Heb. Rêkâb, “knight”, “charioteer” or “horseman”). 1. Son of Rimmon (a native of Beerot), and an officer in the army under Saul’s son Ishbosheth. Together with his brother Baana they murdered him, and for his betrayal they were executed by David (2Sa 4: 2-12). 2. Keneus who founded the tribe of the Rechabites, * and committed his descendants to total abstinence from wine and a nomadic life (1Ch 2:55; Jer 35:6). His son or descendant, Jonadab, was invited to accompany Jehu to Samaria to witness the new king’s zeal for Yahweh in destroying Baal worship (2Ki 10:15, 16, 23). 3. Man whose son (or descendant?) Malchiah assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem (Neh 3:14); it is possible, though unlikely, that it is Rechab 2. 977
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
(Heb., rekhab, band of horsemen).
1. One of Ishbosheth’s assassins, a son of Saul (2Sa 4:5-11).
2. An early ancestor of the clan of the Kenites, who later became identified with the tribe of Judah (1Ch 2:55). Rechab was the founder of the Rechabite order (2Ki 10:15ff.). Jeremiah used the example of the Rechabites and his obedience to his father in not drinking wine as a method of censuring the nation for their lack of obedience to God (Jer 35:1-19). The Rechabites, though thirsty, refused to drink wine before violating the faith; the Israelites, having divine blessings, had broken the covenant (Jer 35:12-16).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(Charioteer, horse cart driver). Name of people from the OT.
1. Soldier in the service of Is-bosheth, son of Saul. Together with his brother † ¢ Baana they were † œcaptains of marauding gangs †. Both conspired and killed Ish-bosheth when it became known that Abner was dead. They brought his head to David believing that this would gain his favor, but he had them executed (2Sa 4: 1-12).
. Head of a family of †¢cene origin, whose members were distinguished by their asceticism, refusing to have permanent real estate, abstaining from wine and living a nomadic, tented life. Jeremiah offered them wine and they refused to drink out of respect for what was established by their ancestor Jonadab. God praised that conduct, comparing it to that of the Israelites, to whom he had spoken “early and without ceasing” in vain (1Ch 2:55; Jer 35:5-16). Since the Kenites are linked to the tribe of Judah, many interpret the expression “men of Rekah” in 1Ch 4:12 to mean “men of R.†.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
(Charioteer).
1. Son of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the tribe of Benjamin. Together with his brother Baanah, who, like him, was the leader of a marauding party, he murdered Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son and successor, and both presented his head to David in order to collect the expected reward. to receive. However, David had them executed for the evil they had done to the person of a righteous man. (2Sa 4:2, 5-12.)
2. Kenite father or ancestor of Jehonadab, the companion of Jehu, and ancestor of the Rechabites. (1Ch 2:55; 2Ki 10:15, 23; Jer 35:6, 8, 14, 16, 18, 19; see RECABITE.)
3. Father or ancestor of Malkiya, who collaborated with Nehemiah in the repair of a gate in the wall of Jerusalem. (Ne 3:14) If it is the same Rechab as no. 2, the presence of Malkiya confirms the fulfillment of the promise that Jehovah made to the Rechabites and that is recorded in Jeremiah 35:19.
Source: Dictionary of the Bible