Rashi, on 1Chr 4:23

“These are the potters, and they dwelt in Plantations, and Hedges, with the king for his works, and they abode there.”

“They, the potters They, Jokim, the people of Kozeba and Jashubi Lehem, were manufacturers of clay for the king’s work, and also for pots for the king’s food, and also for the priests. and the dwellers in plantations who were engaged in the king’s planting. and hedges craftsmen who made stone fences for the king’s work. with the king The meaning is that the king stationed them in those towns because they were doing his work. An example (in Mishpatim) concerning a borrower (Exod. 22:14): “But if its owner was with it, he shall not pay,” i.e., with it, in its work.”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.