But we have dwelt in tents, and have been obedient according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

and we dwell in tents, and we hearken, and we do according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us;

But we have dwelled in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

But we have been living in tents, and have done everything which Jonadab our father gave us orders to do.

but we have dwelt in tents, and have hearkened, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

Instead, we live in tents, and we have been obedient in accord with all that Jonadab, our father, has instructed us.

Et habitavimus (quin potius, est enim copula resolvenda in adversativam particulam, quin potius habitavimus) in tabernaculis, et obedivimus, et fecimus secundum omnia quae praecepit nobis Jonadab pater noster.

But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to (g) all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
(g) Which was now for the span of three hundred years from Jehu to Jehoiakim.

But we have dwelt in tents,.... Ever since, until very lately, when they had taken up their dwelling in Jerusalem; the reason of which is presently given:
and have obeyed, and done according to all Jonadab our father commanded us; and should it be objected, that in one point they had not obeyed, in that they had left their tents, and now dwelt in Jerusalem; they had this to say in answer to it, and as the reason of their so doing, as follows:

Tents - Moveable habitations, which they could with little labour remove to feed their flocks.