And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which [was] by the chamber of the princes, which [was] above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
4. The particularity in description points to the narrative being contemporary with the events it describes.
and I brought them into the house of the Lord ] that so what was to follow might be made most prominent and be most widely known.
Maaseiah ] probably father of the Zephaniah (Jer 21:1, Jer 29:25, Jer 37:3) who is mentioned as “second priest” in Jer 52:24.
keeper of the door ] lit. threshold. There were three of these officers (Jer 52:24; 2Ki 25:18). They seem to have stood next in rank after the high-priest and his deputy ( ib.), and were charged with the care of the money contributed for the restoration of the Temple (2Ki 12:9).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The title man of God, i. e., prophet, belongs to Hanan, identified by many with Hanani 2Ch 16:7. The sons of Hanan were probably his disciples. If so, we find a religious school or sect, regularly established in the precincts of the temple, of whose views and modes of interpretation we know nothing. Plainly however, the Hananites were friendly to Jeremiah, and lent him their hall for his purpose.
The chamber of the princes – Probably the council-chamber in which the great officers of state met for the despatch of business.
The keeper of the door – There were three of these keepers, answering to the outer and inner courts of the temple, and the entrance to the temple itself. They were officers of high rank, having precedence next to the high priest and his deputy.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 4. Igdaliah, a man of God] A prophet or holy man, having some office in the temple.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
This term,
the man of God, doth in Scripture signify a prophet sometimes; but whether it so signifieth here, and if it doth, whether it relateth to Igdaliah or Hanan, is a question. Probably by the
chamber of the princes is meant some chamber where the princes were wont to meet in a court, or for counsel. Thither Jeremiah brings these Rechabites, and sets vessels of wine before them, not commanding them to drink it, but only inviting them.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
4. man of Goda prophet(Deu 33:1; 1Sa 2:27;1Ki 12:22; 2Ki 4:7),also “a servant of God” in general (1Ti6:11), one not his own, but God’s; one who has parted with allright in himself to give himself wholly to God (2Ti3:17). He was so reverenced that none would call in question whatwas transacted in his chamber.
keeper of the doorHebrew,“of the vessel.” Probably the office meant is that of thepriest who kept in charge the capitation money paid for the use ofthe temple and the votive offerings, such as silver vessels, c. Therewere seven such keepers [GROTIUS].Compare 2Ki 12:9 2Ki 25:18;1Ch 9:18; 1Ch 9:19,which support English Version.
I said . . . DrinkJeremiahdoes not say, The Lord saith, Drink: for then they would havebeen bound to obey. Contrast the case in 1Ki13:7-26.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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, 2Ch 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, Ac 4:8; the sanhedrim, whose this chamber was, as Dr. Lightfoot d 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.
d Temple-Service, c. 9. p. 1063.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(4) I brought them into the house of the Lord . . .The Temple of Solomon appears from 1Ki. 6:5 to have had, like a cathedral, apartments constructed in its precincts which were assigned, by special favour, for the residence of conspicuous priests or prophets. Huldah the prophetess seems to have dwelt in some such apartments known as the college (see 2Ki. 22:14). In this case the chamber was occupied by the sons of Hanan. He, or Igdaliah (the Hebrew punctuation is decisive in favour of Hanan), is described as a man of Godi.e., as a prophetand therefore sympathising, we may believe, with Jeremiahs work (Deu. 33:1; 1Sa. 2:27; 1Ki. 13:1; 1Ki. 20:28; 2Ki. 4:7; 2Ki. 4:9; 1Ch. 23:14; 2Ch. 11:2). It would seem, from the narrative, that Jeremiah had no chamber of his own. Here also the sons of Hanan are probably a company of scholars under the training of the prophet, Jeremiah introducing as it were the two religious orders to each other. The princes, as in Jer. 26:10; Jer. 36:12, were probably official persons who, though not priests, were entitled to residence in the precincts, as we see in the case of Gemariah in Jer. 36:10. The keeper of the door, as in Jer. 52:24, was probably one of the higher section of the priesthood. The stress laid on all these details was probably intended to show that the memorable dramatic scene that followed, daring as it seemed, was acted in the presence of representatives of the priestly, prophetic, and official orders. The name of Maaseiah has, however, a special interest attached to it. Shallum, the name of his father, is found in 2Ki. 22:14 as that of the husband of Huldah the prophetess of the reign of Josiah, and he is described as the keeper of the wardrobe, i.e., probably of the vestments of the priests, and as dwelling in the college (literally, the second part, or annexe of some other building). It is hardly possible to resist the inference that in the Maaseiah who now appears as receiving Jeremiah and the Rechabites, we have the son of the prophetess who had taken so active a part in the work of reformation in the reign of Josiah, whose influence had coloured the whole of the prophets life, who had brought up her son within the precincts of the Temple. We are brought as it were into the innermost circle of the prophetic company of Jerusalem, and are reminded of Simeon and Anna, and those who waited for the consolation, for the redemption of Israel (Luk. 2:25; Luk. 2:38). The influence of Shallum may, perhaps, be traced in the fact that the king who appears in history as Jehoahaz had probably been named by Josiah after him (2Ki. 23:30; 1Ch. 3:15), as David named one of his sons after Nathan (2Sa. 5:14). It is, perhaps, from this point of view, characteristic of Jeremiah that he adheres in Jer. 22:1 to the old name given on his birth, and not to that which he had apparently adopted upon his accession to the throne. The name Shallum, it may be noted, means retribution, whether for good or for evil.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
4. The sons of Hanan were probably not his children, but his followers, and so we seem to have suggested a religious sect, though of their principles and history we know nothing.
A man of God This appellation belongs probably to Hanan, and not to Igdaliah, this being the usual mode of construing this Hebrew idiom.
Chamber of the princes Probably an office or council-room where public business was attended to. Jer 26:10, seems to belong with this verse.
Keeper of the door Literally, of the threshold; as Keil suggests, “overseer of the watchmen of the temple gates,” of which, according to Jer 52:24, and 2Ki 25:18, there were three, who are there mentioned along with the high priest and his substitute. Maaseiah is probably the same whose son Zephaniah was “priest of the repetition,” or second priest. Jer 52:24.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Jer 35:4. A man of God That is, a prophet. See 2Ki 4:7. Instead of, The chamber of the princes, Houbigant reads, The chamber of the singers.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Jer 35:4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which [was] by the chamber of the princes, which [was] above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
Ver. 4. And I brought them into the house of the Lord. ] That it might be made a public business, and so the better work upon all that should hear of it.
The son of Igdaliah, a man of God.
Which was by the chamber of the princes.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Igdaliah. See note on Psa 90:1.
a man of God = the man (Hebrew. ‘ish, App-14.) of God (Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.): i.e. a prophet. See App-49.
Maaseiah, &c. He was the deputy of the High Priest. Compare Jer 52:24. 2Ki 25:18. Probably the same whose son Zephaniah, after the carrying away of Maaseiah with Jehoiachin (Jer 29:1), held office under Zedekiah (Jer 21:1; Jer 29:5; Jer 37:3).
keeper of the door = keeper of the threshold. There were three. See 2Ki 25:18. 2Ch 31:14.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
into the chamber: Jer 36:10-12
a man: Deu 33:1, Jos 14:6, 1Sa 2:27, 1Sa 9:6-8, 1Ki 12:22, 1Ki 13:1, 1Ki 13:26, 1Ki 17:18, 1Ki 17:24, 1Ki 20:28, 2Ki 1:9, 2Ki 1:11-13, 2Ki 5:14, 2Ki 5:20, 2Ki 6:10, 2Ki 7:2, 2Ki 7:17, 2Ki 8:2-8, 2Ki 23:16, 2Ki 23:17, 2Ch 8:14, 2Ch 25:7-9, 1Ti 6:11, 2Ti 3:17
the princes: Jer 26:10
the keeper: Jer 52:24, 2Ki 12:9, 2Ki 25:18, 1Ch 9:18, 1Ch 9:19, 1Ch 9:27, 2Ch 8:14, Psa 84:10
door: Heb. threshold, or vessel, Eze 43:8
Reciprocal: 1Ki 6:5 – built 1Ch 23:28 – for the service Jer 35:2 – into one Eze 40:7 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 35:4. The particular room where these people were brought was in charge of one who was a man of God, hence the Rechabites would know that no evil was intended as far as the association was concerned.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
35:4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man {c} of God, who [was] by the chamber of the princes, which [was] above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
(c) That is, a prophet.