Reference

1 Chronicles 2:55

And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
53

And the families of Kirjath–jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.

54

The sons of Salma; Beth–lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.

55

And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Total Abstinence

The verse makes no mention of wine, alcohol, or abstinence. It is a genealogical record detailing the families of scribes and their origins, specifically linking them to the Kenites and the house of Rechab. While the Rechabites are known for their vow of abstinence from wine (Jeremiah 35), this particular verse does not describe or command that practice.