Nehemiah 12:42
And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
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Gill's Exposition
And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of their purification,.... The singers kept their turns in course in the temple, and were not wanting to officiate on all…
We have read of the building of the wall of Jerusalem with a great deal of fear and trembling; we have here an account of the dedicating of it with a great deal of joy and triumph. Those that sow in…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
And Maaseiah The divisions or courses of the Levitical musicians, eight in number, corresponding to what we find in Neh 12:35-36.
the singers sang loud Lit. -caused to hear," cf. 1Ch 15:19. The LXX.…
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