Nehemiah 12:7

12:7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders ¹  of the priests and their colleagues ²  in the days of Jeshua.

Nehemiah 12:46

12:46 For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors ³  for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanks to God.

¹ tn Heb “heads” (so also in v. 12).

² tn Heb “brothers” (also in vv. 8, 9, 24, 36).

³ tn Heb “heads.” The translation reads with the Qere the plural רֹאשֵׁי (ro’shey, “heads”) rather than the Kethib singular רֹאשׁ (ro’sh, “head”) of the MT.