Nehemiah Chapter 12 verse 46 Holy Bible
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.
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For in the days of David and Asaph in the past, there was a master of the music, and songs of blessing and praise to God.
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For of old, in the days of David and Asaph, there were the chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgivings to God.
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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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For in the days of David, and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
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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.
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for in the days of David and Asaph of old `were' heads of the singers, and a song of praise and thanksgiving to God.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 46. - For in the days of David. This verse is exegetical of the clause in ver. 45, "according to the commandment of David." The writer justifies his reference to that "commandment' by reminding his readers that the whole musical service - the singers , themselves, and their "chiefs," together with the "songs of praise" and the "thanksgiving songs - had descended to the Jews of his day from David and Asaph.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(46) Of old.--Always there is a reverence shown for the old precedents.