Nehemiah 12:46

Nehemiah chapter 12 · verse 46 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.45And they kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, and so did the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

v.46This passage

v.47And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, as every day required: and they set apart that which was for the Levites; and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Chronicles 25:1

    Moreover David and the captains of the host set apart for the service certain 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 them that did the work according to their service was:

  • Psalms 73:1

    Surely God is good to Israel, Evento such as are pure in heart.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:30

    Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises unto Jehovah with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.

  • Psalms 83:1

    O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.