Rechab

{{Short description|Name of various Biblical figures}} '''Rechab''' ({{Langx|he|רֵכָב}} ''Rēḵāḇ'') is the name of three men in the [[Bible]]: {{CSS image crop|Image=Rechab Rechab (titel op object) Liber Chronicarum (serietitel), RP-P-2016-49-14-4.jpg|bSize=453|cWidth=209|cHeight=268|oTop=104|oLeft=124|Description=Rechab the father of Jonadab by [[Hartmann Schedel]]'s book called ''[[Nuremberg Chronicles]]''}} *One of the two "captains of bands" whom [[Saul the King|Saul]]'s son [[Ish-bosheth]] took into his service, and who conspired to kill him. (2 Samuel 4:2) *A [[Kenite]], mentioned as the father of [[Jehonadab]] at King [[Jehu]]'s time, from whom the tribe of the [[Rechabites]] derived their name.<ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle=Rechab and the Rechabites}}</ref> Jehonadab and his people had all along become worshippers of God. *The father of [[Malchiah]], ruler of part of [[Beit HaKerem (Bible)|Beth-haccerem]]. (Nehemiah 3:14)

==See also== *[[Rahab]] *[[Rechabites]]

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