But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
Tents; movable habitations, which they could with little labour remove from place to place, as they had convenience to feed their flocks: this was their ordinary way of living, until necessity compelled them to come and live in Jerusalem.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
But we have dwelt in tents,…. Ever since, until very lately, when they had taken up their dwelling in Jerusalem; the reason of which is presently given:
and have obeyed, and done according to all Jonadab our father commanded us; and should it be objected, that in one point they had not obeyed, in that they had left their tents, and now dwelt in Jerusalem; they had this to say in answer to it, and as the reason of their so doing, as follows:
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Jer 35:10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
Ver. 10. But we have dwelt in tents. ] And fed much upon dairy produce, as did Heber the Kenite, who was one of them, Jdg 4:19 living in abstinence and bodily labour, that we might be free to divine contemplations.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Jer 35:8
Reciprocal: Gen 4:20 – dwell Lev 23:42 – General Jer 35:6 – Ye shall Jer 35:7 – all
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 35:10. By dwelling in tents these people would be in better condition to move if circumstances required it. They could do so and remain together, thus retaining their tribal unity as seemed to be the desire of their father.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
35:10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to {g} all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
(g) Which was now for the span of three hundred years from Jehu to Jehoiakim.