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Nehemiah 12:46

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12:46 For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors 1  for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanks to God.

Nehemiah 12:27

Context
The Wall of Jerusalem is Dedicated

12:27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, 2  they sought out the Levites from all the places they lived 3  to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication joyfully with songs of thanksgiving and songs accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

Nehemiah 12:36

Context
12:36 and his colleagues – Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani – with musical instruments of 4  David the man of God. (Ezra the scribe led them.) 5 
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[12:46]  1 tn Heb “heads.” The translation reads with the Qere the plural רֹאשֵׁי (roshey, “heads”) rather than the Kethib singular רֹאשׁ (rosh, “head”) of the MT.

[12:27]  2 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[12:27]  3 tn Heb “from all their places.” The words “they lived” are implied.

[12:36]  3 tn Or “prescribed by” (NIV, NLT); TEV “of the kind played by.” The precise relationship of these musical instruments to David is not clear.

[12:36]  4 tn Heb “was before them.”



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