1st Chronicles Chapter 4 verse 23 Holy Bible
These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
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These were the potters, and the people living among planted fields with walls round them; they were there to do the king's work.
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These were the potters, and those that abode among plantations and enclosures: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
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These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
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These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
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These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they lived with the king for his work.
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They `are' the potters and inhabitants of Netaim and Gedera; with the king in his work they dwelt there.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) These were the potters.--Viz., the clans enumerated in 1Chronicles 4:22.And those that dwelt among plants and hedges.--Rather, and inhabitants of Net aim and Gederah. Netaim means "plantations" (Isaiah 17:10). Solomon had pleasure-gardens near Bethlehem. See also the notice of Uzziah's farms and vineyards (2Chronicles 26:10). Gederah (Joshua 15:36), a town in the Shephelah.There they dwelt with the king.--Literally, with the king in his work they dwelt there. This seems to say that the potteries of Netaim and Gederah were a royal establishment, as those of Sevres used to be. Perhaps the linen-weaving of Beth-Ashbea (1Chronicles 4:21) should be included. . . . Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThese [were]הֵ֚מָּה (hêm·māh)Pronoun - third person masculine pluralStrong's 1992: Theythe pottersהַיּ֣וֹצְרִ֔ים (hay·yō·wṣ·rîm)Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralStrong's 3335: To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determinewho livedוְיֹשְׁבֵ֥י (wə·yō·šə·ḇê)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructStrong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marryat Netaimנְטָעִ֖ים (nə·ṭā·‘îm)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 5196: Netaim -- a place in Judahand Gederah.וּגְדֵרָ֑ה (ū·ḡə·ḏê·rāh)Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1449: Gederah -- 'wall', a city in JudahThey livedיָ֥שְׁבוּ (yā·šə·ḇū)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marrythereשָֽׁם׃ (šām)AdverbStrong's 8033: There, then, thitherin the serviceבִּמְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ (bim·laḵ·tōw)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 4399: Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, propertyof the king.הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 4428: A kingJump to PreviousAbode Dwelt Enclosures Fields Gederah Gede'rah Hedges Inhabitants King's Occupied Plantations Planted Plants Potters Round Walls Work Worked
