Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah; they stayed there and worked for the king. New Living Translation They were the pottery makers who lived in Netaim and Gederah. They lived there and worked for the king. English Standard Version These were the potters who were inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the king’s service. Berean Standard Bible These were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the service of the king. King James Bible These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work. New King James Version These were the potters and those who dwell at Netaim and Gederah; there they dwelt with the king for his work. New American Standard Bible These were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king for his work. NASB 1995 These were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king for his work. NASB 1977 These were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king for his work. Legacy Standard Bible These were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king for his work. Amplified Bible These were the potters and those who lived [among plantations and hedges] at Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king for his work. Christian Standard Bible They were the potters and residents of Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the service of the king. Holman Christian Standard Bible They were the potters and residents of Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the service of the king. American Standard Version These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they dwelt with the king for his work. Contemporary English Version The members of these clans were the potters who lived in the towns of Netaim and Gederah and worked for the king. English Revised Version These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they dwelt with the king for his work. GOD'S WORD® Translation They were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah. They lived there with the king and did his work. Good News Translation They were potters in the service of the king and lived in the towns of Netaim and Gederah. International Standard Version These people were potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah in service to their king, who lived there. Majority Standard Bible These were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the service of the king. NET Bible They were the potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah; they lived there and worked for the king. New Heart English Bible These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah. They lived there with the king in his service. Webster's Bible Translation These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work. World English Bible These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king for his work. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThey [are] the potters and inhabitants of Netaim and Gedera; they dwelt there with the king in his work. Young's Literal Translation They are the potters and inhabitants of Netaim and Gedera; with the king in his work they dwelt there. Smith's Literal Translation These the potters, and they dwelling with plants and in the enclosure: with the king in his work they dwelt there. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThese are the potters, and they dwelt in Plantations, and Hedges, with the king for his works, and they abode there. Catholic Public Domain Version These are the potters living in the Plantations and in the Hedges, with a king in his works, and they were dwelling there. New American Bible They were potters and inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah, where they lived in the king’s service. New Revised Standard Version These were the potters and inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king in his service. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThese are the sons of Shelah. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plantations and hedges; there they dwelt occupied in the king's work. Brenton Septuagint Translation These are the potters who dwelt in Ataim and Gadira with the king: they grew strong in his kingdom, and dwelt there. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context More Descendants of Judah…22Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi-lehem. (These names are from ancient records.) 23These 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.… Cross References 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. Jeremiah 18:2-6 “Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will give you My message.” / So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel. / But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do. ... Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand. 2 Kings 23:11 And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun. Isaiah 19:9 The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale. Job 10:9 Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust? Job 33:6 I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay. Romans 9:21 Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use? 2 Timothy 2:20-21 A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use. / So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work. Isaiah 29:16 You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”? Isaiah 45:9 Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’? Lamentations 4:2 How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands! Genesis 2:7 Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being. Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.” 1 Kings 7:46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan. Treasury of Scripture These were the potters, and those that dwelled among plants and hedges: there they dwelled with the king for his work. 1 Chronicles 4:14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen. Psalm 81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. Jump to Previous Abode Dwelt Enclosures Fields Gederah Gede'rah Hedges Inhabitants King's Occupied Plantations Planted Plants Potters Round Walls Work WorkedJump to Next Abode Dwelt Enclosures Fields Gederah Gede'rah Hedges Inhabitants King's Occupied Plantations Planted Plants Potters Round Walls Work Worked1 Chronicles 4 1. The posterity of Judah by Caleb, the son of Hur.5. Of Ashur, the posthumous son Hezron. 9. Of Jabez, and his prayer. 11. The other families of the same stock. 21. The sons of Shelah. 24. The posterity and cities of Simeon. 39. Their conquest of Gedor, and of the Amalekites in mount Seir. These were the potters The term "potters" refers to artisans skilled in the craft of shaping clay into vessels and other items. In ancient Israel, pottery was a crucial industry, providing essential household items. The Hebrew word for potter, "יֹצְרִים" (yotzerim), implies a creator or shaper, reflecting God's creative work in forming humanity from the dust of the earth (Genesis 2:7). This connection underscores the dignity of labor and the divine image in human creativity. who lived at Netaim and Gederah they lived there in the service of the king 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. . . . Hebrew These [were]הֵ֚מָּה (hêm·māh) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They the potters הַיּ֣וֹצְרִ֔ים (hay·yō·wṣ·rîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 3335: To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine who lived וְיֹשְׁבֵ֥י (wə·yō·šə·ḇê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry at Netaim נְטָעִ֖ים (nə·ṭā·‘îm) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5196: Netaim -- a place in Judah and Gederah. וּגְדֵרָ֑ה (ū·ḡə·ḏê·rāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1449: Gederah -- 'wall', a city in Judah They lived יָ֥שְׁבוּ (yā·šə·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry there שָֽׁם׃ (šām) Adverb Strong's 8033: There, then, thither in the service בִּמְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ (bim·laḵ·tōw) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4399: Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property of the king. הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king Links 1 Chronicles 4:23 NIV1 Chronicles 4:23 NLT 1 Chronicles 4:23 ESV 1 Chronicles 4:23 NASB 1 Chronicles 4:23 KJV 1 Chronicles 4:23 BibleApps.com 1 Chronicles 4:23 Biblia Paralela 1 Chronicles 4:23 Chinese Bible 1 Chronicles 4:23 French Bible 1 Chronicles 4:23 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Chronicles 4:23 These were the potters and the inhabitants (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr) |
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