Nehemiah 12:46

For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

In Context

45They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.

47So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 25:1Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:

2 Chronicles 29:30Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped.

Psalms 73:1A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 12:45-47

The People's Attention to Their Duty. ( b. c. 444.) 44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. 45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon… Read the whole commentary →

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