And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
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Gill's Exposition
And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place,.... In the court of the priests, singing and playing on their instruments while the sacrifices were offering:
according to the commandment of…
Barnes' Notes
They might not depart - The singers and porters remained at their posts, while other Levites sacrificed for them and brought them their share of the lambs.
The destruction which Josiah made of idols and idolatry was more largely related in the Kings, but just mentioned here in the foregoing chapter (v. 33); but his solemnizing the passover, which was…
Cambridge Bible
the singers Cp. 1Ch 25:1 ff.
waited at every gate; they might not depart R.V. were at every gate: they needed not to depart.
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