Nehemiah 12:46 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. ”

Nehemiah 12:46 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Provision for the Priests and Levites. Probably an insertion by the Chronicler. Nehemiah 12:44 . on that day: better, with AV, at that time, which is, in accordance with the Heb., more indefini...
Nehemiah 12:46 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
Nehemiah 12:46 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Nehemiah 12:46 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Dedication of the Wall of Jerusalem 1. The priests] The names in Nehemiah 12:1-7 likewise appear with some variations in Nehemiah 10:3-8 see also Ezra 2:36-39 .
Nehemiah 12:46 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(44-47) Economical arrangements.
Nehemiah 12:46 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BEGINNINGS Nehemiah 12:27-47 A CURIOUS feature of the history of the restoration of Israel already met with several times is postponement. Thus in the days of Cyrus. Zerubbabel leads up an expe...
Nehemiah 12:46 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Neglect of Religious Duties Nehemiah 12:44-47 ; Nehemiah 13:1-14 In Nehemiah 12:44-47 we have recorded the care that was manifested for the worthy maintenance of those who ministered in sacr...
Nehemiah 12:46 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here the story of the settlement of the people in Jerusalem is completed. This is followed by an account o f the solemn dedication of the wall. It would seem as though it had been postponed for som...
Nehemiah 12:46 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pass over every inferior consideration in those verses, to call the Reader's attention to what appears to me infinitely surpassing every other: I mean, that the holy songs of Nehemiah were evidentl...
Nehemiah 12:46 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers ,.... Persons appointed over the rest to instruct them, and see that they did their work aright, as besides Asaph, Haman, an...
Nehemiah 12:46 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For in the days of David , &c. This verse gives the reason why the Levites and the singers performed their duty so accurately; because, from the time of David, who constituted their orders and o...
Nehemiah 12:46 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

PRIESTS AND LEVITES (vv. 1-26) In these verses God sees fit to list the names of the priests and Levites who came to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel in the first return for the rebuilding of the city....
Nehemiah 12:46 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The People's Attention to Their Duty. B. C. 444. 44 And at that time were some appoint...
Nehemiah 12:46 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, 1 Chronicles 25:1 ; but Asaph only is mentioned here, as the most eminent and useful in that work. There were chief of the singers; there were some o...
Nehemiah 12:46 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Men Appointed Over The Storage Chambers In The Temple And Arrangements Are Made For The Gathering Of The Offerings And Tithes For The Sustenance Of The God-ordained Priests And Levites ( Nehemiah 12...
Nehemiah 12:46 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “The list of the inhabitants of the province (chap. 11) is followed by lists of the priests and Levites ( Nehemiah 12:1-26 ). These different lists are, in fact, all connected wit...
Nehemiah 12:46 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 12:47 . They sanctified unto the levites, and the levites sanctified unto the children of Aaron. They dedicated and delivered not only the tithes, and the tithe of the tithes, as stated i...
Nehemiah 12:46 - The Biblical Illustrator

And both the singers. Thanks-giving and thanks-living We have here the effects of the joy that was at the dedication of the wall. I. The ministers were more careful than they had been of the...
Nehemiah 12:46 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART IV . DEDICATION OF THE WALL OF JERUSALEM UNDER NEHEMIAH AND EZRA , WITH NEHEMIAH 'S ARRANGEMENT OF THE TEMPLE OFFICERS , AND HIS EFFORTS FOR THE R...
Nehemiah 12:46 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Certain officers Appointed
Nehemiah 12:46 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 25:1-31 ; 2 Chronicles 29:30 ; Psalms 73:1 ; Psalms 83:1

Nehemiah 12:46 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 12:46 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 12:46 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 12:46 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 12:46 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nehemiah 12:46 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nehemiah 12:46 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nehemiah 12:46 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 12:46 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nehemiah 12:46 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nehemiah 12:46 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 12:46 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 12:46 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 12:46 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 12:46 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 12:46 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nehemiah 12:46 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 12:46 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nehemiah 12:46 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nehemiah 12:46 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah 12:46 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge