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Nehemiah 11:23 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 11 · verse 23
For it was the king’s commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.Nehemiah 11:23 · King James Version
Nehemiah 11:23 in context
21But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.
22The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God.
23For it was the king’s commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.
24And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.
25And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- commandmentmitsvâha command, whether human or divineH4687 →
- portionʼămânâhsomething fixedH548 →
- singersshîyrto singH7891 →
- king'smeleka kingH4428 →
- duedâbâra wordH1697 →
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Having given an account of the principal persons that dwelt in Jerusalem (a larger account of whom he had before, Ch1 9:2, etc.), Nehemiah, in these verses, gives us some account of the other cities, in which dwelt the residue of Israel, Neh 11:20.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-36