1. During the time when Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah, was king of Judah, the Lord spoke this message to Jeremiah:
2. “Go to the Recabite family and invite them to come to one of the side rooms of the Lord’S Temple. Offer them wine to drink.”
3. So I went to get Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, who was the son of Habazziniah. And I got all of Jaazaniah’s brothers and sons and the whole family of the Recabites together.
4. Then I brought them into the Temple of the Lord. We went into the room of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah. Hanan was a man of God. The room was next to the room where the princes of Judah stay. It was over the room of Maaseiah son of Shallum. Maaseiah was the doorkeeper in the Temple.
5. Then I put some bowls full of wine and some cups in front of the Recabite family. And I said to them, “Drink some wine.”