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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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
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…
Adam Clarke
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…
We may observe in these verses, 1. That here is a whole family of craftsmen, handicraft tradesmen, that applied themselves to all sorts of manufactures, in which they were ingenious and industrious…
Cambridge Bible
those that dwelt amongst plants and hedges R.V. The inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah.
there they dwelt with the king for his work In the days of the kingdom the inhabitants of these villages were…