Nehemiah 11:23

Nehemiah 11:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For it was the king’s commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.
• New International Version (NIV)The musicians were under the king’s orders, which regulated their daily activity.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For there was a command from the king concerning them, and a fixed provision for the singers, as every day required.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For it was the king’s command concerning them that a certain portion should be for the singers, a quota day by day.

Context of Nehemiah 11:23

21The temple servants lived on Ophel; Ziha and Gishpa supervised the temple servants. 22The leader of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, of the descendants of Asaph, who were singers for the service of God’s house. There was, in fact, a command of the king regarding them, and an ordinance regulating the singers’ daily tasks. 24Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, of the descendants of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agent in every matter concerning the people. 25As for the farming settlements with their fields: Some of Judah’s descendants lived in Kiriath-arba and Dibon and their surrounding villages, and Jekabzeel and its settlements;

Nehemiah 11:23 word by word

כִּֽי־מִצְוַ֥ת הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וַאֲמָנָ֥ה עַל־הַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים דְּבַר־י֥וֹם בְּיוֹמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the king’sמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• commandmentמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
• concerning them, that a certain portionאֲמָנָה'ămânâh · sureH548
• should be for the singersשִׁירshîyr shûr · to singH7891
• dueדָּבָרdâbâr · word: portionH1697
• for every dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Nehemiah 11:23

• 1 Chronicles 9:33The singers, the heads of the Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other tasks because they were on duty day and night.
• Ezra 6:8I hereby issue a decree concerning what you are to do, so that the elders of the Jews can rebuild the house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men out of the royal revenues from the taxes of the region west of the Euphrates River, so that the work will not stop.
• Ezra 7:20You may use the royal treasury to pay for anything else needed for the house of your God.

Commentaries on Nehemiah 11:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23It was the king's commandment - By the king some understand David, and others Artaxerxes. It is most probable that it was the latter; who wished that a provision should be made for these, a part of whose office was to offer up prayers also, as well as praises. For we know that Darius made an ample provision for the priests, that they might offer sacrifices of sweet savor unto the God of heaven; and pray for the life of the king and of his sons, Ezra 6:10…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23The goodwill of Artaxerxes toward the ministers employed in the temple service, had been previously shown by his exempting them from taxation of every kind Ezra 7:24. Now, it would seem, he had gone further and assigned to the singers an allowance from the royal revenue.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-36The story goes back to the topic of bringing people back to live in the safe city of Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 7:1–5). The list of names is similar to the one in 1 Chronicles 9:2–17.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. it was the king's commandment--It was the will of the Persian monarch in issuing his edict that the temple service should be revived in all its religious fulness and solemnity. As this special provision for the singers is said to have been by the king's commandment, the order was probably given at the request or suggestion of Ezra or Nehemiah.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Nehemiah 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings