Nehemiah 12:46

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

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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, wh...
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.
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 s...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

In the days, etc.] LXX has 'in the days of David Asaph was of old chief.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(44-47) Economical arrangements.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Of old. — Always there is a reverence shown for the old precedents.
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...
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...
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...
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 m...
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...
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...
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 i...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The People's Attention to Their Duty. B. C. 444....
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. T...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Establishment Of The Temple Treasury, And The Chambers To Contain The Heave-offerings, Firstfruits and Tithes That Were Offered To YHWH, Their R...
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 ). The...
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 th...
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 min...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART IV . DEDICATION OF THE WALL OF JERUSALEM UNDER NEHEMIAH AND EZRA , WITH NEHEMIAH 'S ARRANGEMENT OF THE TEMPLE...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Certain officers Appointed
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, 2 Chronicles 29:30 , and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God, and...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

⁴⁶ For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 12:46

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 12:46