1 Chronicles 9:33
And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free : for they were employed in that work day and night.
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Barnes' Notes
The singers - No names follow, and it is thought that they have fallen out. Were free - “Free,” i. e. from any special duties besides those of supervision, which was so arranged among the overseers…
We have here a further account of the good posture which the affairs of religion were put into immediately upon the return of the people out of Babylon. They had smarted for their former neglect of…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
And theseare] This verse may be intended as a colophon to 1Ch 9:15-16, for the names there given are those of singers; cp. Neh 11:17. On the other hand it may have been intended as the heading of such…
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