Jonadab shall not want a man to stand before me] Heb. There shall not a man be cut off from Jonadab the sonne of Rechab to stand before me. as Chap. 33. 17, 18. His posteritie shall continue in my favour for ever. Or, there shall be surviving of his posteritie among my people, so long as this State standeth. as Psalms 89:36. And it may well e, that there should some of them be imployed about the sacred offices concerning the Law: (as 1 King. 10. 8 & 17. 1.) for they were Scribes, and given to the study of literature. 1 Chron. 2. 55. to stand before me] Deuteronomy 10:8. 1 Kings 17:1. for ever] Which phrase is sometime taken, not absolutely, but with restriction and relation to the continuance of those things, on which that dependeth, whereunto it is applyed. as Genesis 17:13. Exodus 21:6. Numbers 18:8. and so here. So long as that State either civil or sacred should continue.