הֵ֚מָּה הַיּ֣וֹצְרִ֔ים וְיֹשְׁבֵ֥י נְטָעִ֖ים וּגְדֵרָ֑ה עִם־הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ בִּמְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ יָ֥שְׁבוּ שָֽׁם׃ (ס)
דאָס זײַנען געװען די טעפּער, און די װאָס זײַנען געזעסן אין פֿלאַנצגערטענר און געהעפֿטן; בײַ דעם מלך אין זײַן װירטשאַפֿט זײַנען זײ דאָרטן געזעסן.
Rashi
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.
Rashi
and the dwellers in plantations who were engaged in the king’s planting.
Rashi
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.