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55 The families also of the scribes that lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, father of the house of Rechab.(A)

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55 and the clans of scribes[a] who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites. These are the Kenites(A) who came from Hammath,(B) the father of the Rekabites.[b](C)

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  1. 1 Chronicles 2:55 Or of the Sopherites
  2. 1 Chronicles 2:55 Or father of Beth Rekab

19 They pledged themselves to send away their wives, and their guilt offering was a ram of the flock for their guilt.(A)

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19 (They all gave their hands(A) in pledge to put away their wives, and for their guilt they each presented a ram from the flock as a guilt offering.)(B)

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But they answered, “We will drink no wine, for our ancestor Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us, ‘You shall never drink wine, neither you nor your children,(A)

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But they replied, “We do not drink wine, because our forefather Jehonadab[a](A) son of Rekab gave us this command: ‘Neither you nor your descendants must ever drink wine.(B)

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  1. Jeremiah 35:6 Hebrew Jonadab, a variant of Jehonadab; here and often in this chapter