Nehemiah 7:44
in Nehemiah 7The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 148.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred forty and eight.
KJV
The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.
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This verse in Nehemiah 7
Commentary
3 notes on this verseOr perhaps one was the account of them when they set out from Babylon with Zerubbabel, the other when they came to Jerusalem. The sum totals are all just the same there and here, except of the singing-men and singing-women, which there are 200, here 245.
This site's exposition
the children of Jedaiah
on Nehemiah 7:39-45
The register turns from the laity to temple service: the priests by four courses, Jedaiah, Immer, Pashur and Harim, then the Levites, the singers of Asaph and the porters at the gates. Only four of the priestly courses David had organized returned from Babylon, and those four were later divided again to restore the full twenty-four; Luke's Gospel still finds one of the recovered courses, Abia, serving centuries later. The temple's staff is rebuilt in miniature before the temple's worship is ever described.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
He appointed the porters, singers, and Levites, in their places to their work. This is meant of their work in general, which was to attend the temple service; it had been neglected in some degree, but now was revived. God's worship is the defence of a place, and his ministers, when they mind their duty, are watchmen on the walls.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַֽמְשֹׁרְרִ֑ים | hamshorerim | the singers | H7891 → | 86 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אָסָ֔ף | ʾasaf | Asaph | H623 → | 34 times |
| מֵאָ֖ה | meah | one hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| אַרְבָּעִ֥ים | ʾarbaim | forty | H705 → | 136 times |
| וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃ ס | ushemonah | and eight | H8083 → | 109 times |
הַֽמְשֹׁרְרִ֑יםthe singers
hamshorerimH7891 →86 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
אָסָ֔ףAsaph
ʾasafH623 →34 times
מֵאָ֖הone hundred
meahH3967 →581 times
אַרְבָּעִ֥יםforty
ʾarbaimH705 →136 times
וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃ סand eight
ushemonahH8083 →109 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 25:2From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. These sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 25:6
All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and…
- 1 Chronicles 16:5
Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals
- 1 Chronicles 25:1
Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list…
- Psalms 75:1
We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.
- Psalms 76:1
God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 25:6
Through
Ezra 2:41The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 128.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 6:39
Heman’s kinsman was Asaph, who served at his right hand:
- 1 Chronicles 25:1–2
Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list…
- 1 Chronicles 15:17
So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
- 1 Chronicles 6:39
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This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.