KJV King James Version
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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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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
WEB World English Bible
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
ASV American Standard Version
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for in the days of David and Asaph of old were heads of the singers, and a song of praise and thanksgiving to God.
Surrounding context — Nehemiah 12
43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, [and] of Solomon his son.
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.
47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified [holy things] unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified [them] unto the children of Aaron.
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כִּֽי־H3588 · kiforבִימֵ֥יH3117 · yomdayדָוִ֛ידH1732 · da.vidDavidוְאָסָ֖ףH623 · a.saphAsaphמִקֶּ֑דֶםH6924 · qe.demEastרָאשֵׁי֙H7218 · roshheadהַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔יםH7891 · shirto singוְשִׁיר־H7892 · shirsongתְּהִלָּ֥הH8416 · te.hil.lahpraiseוְהֹד֖וֹתH3034 · ya.dahto give thanksלֵֽאלֹהִֽים׃H430 · e.lo.himGod
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 29:30Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.Psalm 73:1A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.Psalm 83:1A Song [or] Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.1 Chronicles 25:1-31Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
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