1 Chronicles 4:23

1 Chronicles 4:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
• New International Version (NIV)They were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah; they stayed there and worked for the king.
• English Standard Version (ESV)These were the potters who were inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the king's service.
• New King James Version (NKJV)These were the potters and those who dwell at Netaim and Gederah; there they dwelt with the king for his work.

Context of 1 Chronicles 4:23

21The sons of Shelah son of Judah: 22Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea, Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi-lehem. (These names are from ancient records.) These were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the service of the king. 24The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul. 25The sons of Shaul: Shallum, Mibsam, and Mishma.

1 Chronicles 4:23 word by word

הֵ֚מָּה הַיּ֣וֹצְרִ֔ים וְיֹשְׁבֵ֥י נְטָעִ֖ים וּגְדֵרָ֑ה עִם־הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ בִּמְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ יָ֥שְׁבוּ שָֽׁם׃ סRead the interlinear

• Theseהֵ֫מָּהhêm hêmmâh · they(masc.)H1992
• the pottersיָצַרyâtsar · to form: potterH3335
• who livedיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• at Netaimנְטָעִיםneţâ‛îym · NetaimH5196
• and Gederahגְּדֵרָהgedêrâh · GederahH1449
• and Gederahעִם‛im · withH5973
• thereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
• in the serviceמְלָאכָהmelâ'kâh · workH4399
• of the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 4:23

• 1 Chronicles 4:14Meonothai was the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those living in Ge-harashim, which was given this name because its people were craftsmen.
• Psalms 81:6“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 4:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23These were the potters - "These are the disciples of the law, for whose sake the world was created; who preside in judgment, and establish the world; and they build and perfect the fallen down house of Israel: they dwelt there with the Shechinah of the King of the world, in the study of the law and the intercalation or months, and determining the commencement of years and festivals: and they computed the times from heaven in the days of Ruth, the mother…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Among plants and hedges - Rather, “in Netaim and Gederah” Joshua 15:36. With the king - Or, probably, “on the king‘s property.” Both David and several of the later kings had large territorial possessions in various parts of Judaea 1 Chronicles 27:25, 1 Chronicles 27:31; 2 Chronicles 26:10; 2 Chronicles 27:4; 2 Chronicles 32:28-29.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-23After recording Judah’s descendants through his wife Tamar (1 Chronicles 2:4–4:20), the text lists the descendants of Shelah, Judah’s third son with Bathshua (see 1 Chronicles 2:3; Genesis 38:2, 5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2322-23. had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem--"And these are ancient things" seems a strange rendering of a proper name; and, besides, it conveys a meaning that has no bearing on the record. The following improved translation has been suggested: "Sojourned in Moab, but returned to Beth-lehem and Adaberim-athekim. These and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gedera were potters employed by the king in his own work." Gedera or Gederoth, and Netaim…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Grant
• Pottery
• Chronicles, Books of
• Gederah; Gederathite
• Genealogy
• Hedge
• Netaim
• Palestine Exploration
• Dan

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings