Geremia 35:4

4 E li menai nella Casa del Signore, nella camera de’ figliuoli di Hanan, figliuolo d’Igdalia, uomo di Dio; la quale era appresso della camera dei capi di sopra della camera di Maaseia figliuolo di Sallum, guardiano della soglia.

Geremia 35:4 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 35:4

And I brought them into the house of the Lord
Into the temple, as he was ordered; that is, he invited them thither, and they came along with him, having, no doubt, a respect for him as a prophet; and the rather, as it is highly probable he came in the name of the Lord to them: into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of
God;
a prophet, as the Targum and Syriac version; and so Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it. This must be understood of Hanan, and not Igdaliah, as the accents show: he is thought by some to be the same with Hanani the seer, in the times of Asa, ( 2 Chronicles 16:7 ) ; which [was] by the chamber of the princes;
these were not the princes of the blood, the sons of Jehoiachim; their chambers or apartments were not in the temple, but in the royal palace; but these were the princes or rulers of the people, as they are called, ( Acts 4:8 ) ; the sanhedrim, whose this chamber was, as Dr. Lightfoot ^F4 has observed: which [was] above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the
keeper of the door:
a porter, whose chamber or lodge was under that in which the sanhedrim sat. The Targum calls him a treasurer; one of the seven "amarcalim", who had the keys of several chambers, where the vessels of the sanctuary and other things were put; and Kimchi observes, the word we render door comprehends the vessels of the sanctuary, and the vessels of wine, and other things.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Temple-Service, c. 9. p. 1063.

Geremia 35:4 In-Context

2 Va’ alla casa de’ Recabiti, e parla loro, e menali nella Casa del Signore, in una delle camere, e presenta loro del vino a bere.

3 Io adunque presi Iaazania, figliuol di Geremia, figliuolo di Habassinia, e i suoi fratelli, e tutti i suoi figliuoli, e tutta la famiglia de’ Recabiti.

4 E li menai nella Casa del Signore, nella camera de’ figliuoli di Hanan, figliuolo d’Igdalia, uomo di Dio; la quale era appresso della camera dei capi di sopra della camera di Maaseia figliuolo di Sallum, guardiano della soglia.

5 Ed io misi davanti a’ figliuoli della casa de’ Recabiti de’ nappi pieni di vino, e delle coppe, e dissi loro: Bevete del vino.

6 Ma essi dissero: Noi non berremo vino; perciocchè Gionadab, figliuolo di Recab, nostro padre, ce l’ha divietato, dicendo: Non bevete giammai in perpetuo vino, nè voi, nè i vostri figliuoli.