The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God.
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Barnes' Notes
The business intended was probably the internal business, as distinct from the “outward business” Neh 11:16 : a part of which was the apportionment of the royal bounty among the members of the choir…
Adam Clarke
The overseer also of the Levites - פקיד pekid, the visitant, the inspector; translated επισκοπος, bishop, both by the Septuagint and Vulgate.
Having given an account of the principal persons that dwelt in Jerusalem (a larger account of whom he had before, Ch1 9:2, etc.), Nehemiah, in these verses, gives us some account of the other cities,…
Cambridge Bible
Uzzi Uzzi's position as overseer of the Levites -over the business of the house of God" is parallel to that of Shabbethai and Jozabad (Neh 11:16).
Micha R.V. Mica. Cf. Neh 11:17.
Of the sons of Asaph,…
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