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Adam Clarke, on 1Chr 4:23
Adam Clarke · 1762–1832
1Chr 4:23 · Douay-Rheims
“These are the potters, and they dwelt in Plantations, and Hedges, with the king for his works, and they abode there.”
On this verse:
“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.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.