1 Chronicles 4:23

23 Some of Shelah's sons were potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah. They stayed there and worked for the king.

1 Chronicles 4:23 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 4:23

These were the potters
Or are the potters; the posterity of those men, who were so famous in their day, are now of mean employments: some of them made earthen pots; and some of them

dwelt among plants and hedges;
or were employed in planting gardens and orchards, and making fences for them; or, as others think, "dwelt in Netaim and Gadara", cities in the tribe of Judah:

there they dwelt with the king for his work;
to make pots, plant gardens, and set hedges for him; either for the king of Judah, or it may be for the king of Babylon, where they were carried captive, and now chose to remain, doing those servile works for the king, without the city, in the fields.

1 Chronicles 4:23 In-Context

21 Shelah was the son of Judah. The sons of Shelah were Er and Laadah. Er was the father of Lecah. Laadah was the father of Mareshah. He was also the father of the family groups of the linen workers who lived in Beth Ashbea.

22 Other sons of Shelah were Jokim, Joash, Saraph and the men of Cozeba. Moab and Jashubi Lehem were ruled by sons of Shelah. The records of all of those matters are very old.

23 Some of Shelah's sons were potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah. They stayed there and worked for the king.

24 The family line of Simeon included Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah and Shaul.

25 Shallum was Shaul's son. Mibsam was Shallum's son. Mishma was Mibsam's son.