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Examples
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So he calls Jonadab to him, and to work he goes most seriously.
Of Temptation 1616-1683 1967
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Wild men they were in their ways, yet living a simple wholesome life; till in the days of Ahab and Jehu there arose among them a chief called Jonadab the son of Rechab, of the house of Hammath.
Discipline and Other Sermons Charles Kingsley 1847
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Jonadab, you did a better job of explaining my issue than I did.
Bruce Schneier Blazes Through Your Questions - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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“Ay, sir, but my father is like Jonadab the son of Rechab, who charged his children that they should drink no wine.”
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Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:
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The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.
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And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.
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And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.
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And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
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And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:
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