1 Chronicles 4:23 BSB

1 Chronicles 4:23

These were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the service of the king.

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ASV

These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Among plants and hedges - Rather, “in Netaim and Gederah” Jos 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 1Ch 27:25, 1Ch 27:31; 2Ch 26:10; 2Ch 27:4; 2Ch 32:28-29.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1400: “With the King for His Work!” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1877)

ALL labor is honorable. No man ever needs to be ashamed of an honest calling. Whether a potter or a gardener, or whatever else his occupation may be, the workman need never blush at the craft or toil by which he earns his honest wage. "In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread," belongs to us all. The sluggard may well be ashamed of his sloth, but not the diligent man of his industry. It is quite certain that the Word of God does not disparage the most humble calling.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֵ֚מָּה	He.mah	they	H1992 →
הַיּ֣וֹצְרִ֔ים	hai.Yotz.Rim	[were] the potters	H3335 →
וְיֹשְׁבֵ֥י	ve.yo.she.Vei	and [the] inhabitants of	H3427 →
נְטָעִ֖ים	ne.ta.'Im	Netaim	H5196 →
וּגְדֵרָ֑ה	u.ge.de.Rah	and Gederah	H1449 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
בִּמְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ	bim.lakh.To	in service his	H4399 →
יָ֥שְׁבוּ	Ya.she.vu	they dwelt	H3427 →
שָֽׁם׃ ס	Sham	there	H8033 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H4399bimlakhtoin service his167×

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 81:6
“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
leads to
- Isaiah 9:4
  For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
- Isaiah 10:27
  On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.
- Exodus 6:6
  Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched…
- Matthew 11:29
  Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
- Exodus 1:14
  and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
Through
1 Chronicles 4:14
Meonothai 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.
leads to
- Nehemiah 11:35
  Lod, and Ono; and in the Valley of the Craftsmen.
- 2 Kings 24:14
  He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.

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