Commentaire sur Chroniques 1 4:23
הֵ֚מָּה הַיּ֣וֹצְרִ֔ים וְיֹשְׁבֵ֥י נְטָעִ֖ים וּגְדֵרָ֑ה עִם־הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ בִּמְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ יָ֥שְׁבוּ שָֽׁם׃ (ס)
C’étaient les potiers et les habitants des plantations et des parcs. Ils y demeuraient pour être plus près du roi en vue de son service.
Rashi on I Chronicles
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.
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Rashi on I Chronicles
and the dwellers in plantations who were engaged in the king’s planting.
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and hedges craftsmen who made stone fences for the king’s work.
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Rashi on I Chronicles
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.
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