And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
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Gill's Exposition
The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi, the son of Bani,.... He was the supervisor of them, that looked after them that they did their work in ministering to the priests, as they had…
See the margin reference notes. Both accounts appear to be extracts from a public official register which Nehemiah caused to be made of his census. The census itself seems to have been confined to the…
Adam Clarke
The principal to begin the thanksgiving - The precentor, pitcher of the tune, or master-singer.
Jerusalem is called here the holy city (Neh 11:1), because there the temple was, and that was the place God had chosen to put his name there; upon this account, one would think, the holy seed should…
Cambridge Bible
Micha R.V. Mica.
was the principal R.V. who was the chief. The expression -the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer" is not very intelligible. The Hebrew for -the chief to begin" is literally…
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