רֵכָב

2 Samuel 4:2 רֵכָ֗ב [was] Rechab

Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,

2 Samuel 4:5 רֵכָ֣ב Rechab

Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.

2 Samuel 4:6 וְרֵכָ֛ב and Rechab

They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.

2 Samuel 4:9 רֵכָ֣ב׀ Rechab

But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

Here: One of the two raiding-band captains (v. 2) who killed Ish-bosheth. Named first, as in v. 2 and v. 5.

2 Kings 10:15 רֵכָ֨ב Rechab

When he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab, who was coming to meet him. Jehu greeted him and asked, “Is your heart as true to mine as my heart is to yours?” “It is!” Jehonadab replied. “If it is,” said Jehu, “give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand, and Jehu helped him into his chariot,

2 Kings 10:23 רֵכָ֖ב Rechab

Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”

1 Chronicles 2:55 רֵכָֽב׃ ס Rechab

and the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

Here: Rechab is the namesake ancestor of the Rechabites: Jehonadab son of Rechab in 2 Kings 10, and the tent-dwelling group who abstained from wine in Jeremiah 35. After the word comes a paragraph marker (samekh), which closes Judah's Hezron–Caleb section before David's line begins in 3:1.

Nehemiah 3:14 רֵכָ֔ב Rechab

The Dung Gate was repaired by Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem. He rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.

Here: His father's name, or possibly the name of the founder of the Rechabite clan.

Jeremiah 35:6 רֵכָ֜ב Rechab

“We do not drink wine,” they replied, “for our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us, ‘Neither you nor your descendants are ever to drink wine.

Here: The name the whole clan carries ('the house of the Rechabites,' v. 2). It sounds like the Hebrew words for riding and chariots, a point that matters in the debate over who these people were.

Jeremiah 35:8 רֵכָב֙ Rechab

And we have obeyed the voice of our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab in all he commanded us. So we have not drunk wine all our lives—neither we nor our wives nor our sons and daughters.

Jeremiah 35:14 רֵ֠כָב Rechab

The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you have not obeyed Me!

Here: The clan's founding name. It may be related to rekhev, 'chariot', or to riding, a point some scholars use to identify the clan's trade (see debates).

Jeremiah 35:16 רֵכָ֔ב Rechab

Yes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out the command their forefather gave them, but these people have not listened to Me.

Jeremiah 35:19 רֵכָ֛ב Rechab

this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’”