1 Chronicles 4 · Verse 23

1 Chronicles 4:23

These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
1 Chronicles 4:23, King James Version

1 Chronicles 4:23 in other translations

BSBThese were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the service of the king.
WEBThese were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king for his work.
ASVThese were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
YLTThey are the potters and inhabitants of Netaim and Gedera; with the king in his work they dwelt there.
DARBYThese were the potters, and those that abode among plantations and enclosures: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
BBEThese were the potters, and the people living among planted fields with walls round them; they were there to do the king's work.
WebsterThese were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

What does 1 Chronicles 4:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 4:22-23

22-23. 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."…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 23 These 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 of kingdoms, to the days of Solomon the king." - T. I am afraid this paraphrase gives us as little light as the text itself, which speaks of potters, and those who dwelt among plants and hedges. They were probably brickmakers; perhaps potters also, who had their dwelling in low grounds, and fabricated the clay into pots and bricks that was digged up in forming fences in the king's domains.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

1 Chronicles 4:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֵ֚מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992
הַיּ֣וֹצְרִ֔יםhai.Yotz.Rim[were] the pottersH3335
וְיֹשְׁבֵ֥יve.yo.she.Veiand [the] inhabitants ofH3427
נְטָעִ֖יםne.ta.'ImNetaimH5196
וּגְדֵרָ֑הu.ge.de.Rahand GederahH1449
עִם\־'im-withH5973
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
בִּמְלַאכְתּ֖וֹbim.lakh.Toin service hisH4399
יָ֥שְׁבוּYa.she.vuthey dweltH3427
שָֽׁם\׃\ \סShamthereH8033

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 4:23

  • Psalms 81:6

    I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
14; Ps 81:6

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 4:22

    And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi–lehem. And these are ancient things.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:23

    These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:24

    The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:

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1 Chronicles 4:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Estos fueron alfareros y se hallaban en medio de plantíos y cercados, los cuales moraron allá con el rey en su obra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		C’étaient les potiers, et les gens qui se tenaient dans les plantations et dans les enclos; ils habitaient là, auprès du roi, pour ses travaux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Das waren die Töpfer und die Bewohner von Pflanzungen und Mauern; sie wohnten daselbst bei dem König in seinem Geschäft.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Hi sunt figuli habitantes in plantationibus et in sepibus, apud regem in operibus ejus: commoratique sunt ibi.