Rechab

{{Short description|Name of various Biblical figures}}

Rechab ({{Langx|he|רֵכָב}} Rēḵāḇ) is the name of three men in the Bible:

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  • One of the two "captains of bands" whom 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.{{CathEncy|wstitle=Rechab and the Rechabites}} Jehonadab and his people had all along become worshippers of God.
  • The father of Malchiah, ruler of part of Beth-haccerem. (Nehemiah 3:14)

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